Testing to see if a website is online with php?

by foiodisar Posted: 15 years ago 2 replies

unnatural 15 years ago
You can use CURL, fsockopen() or even file_get_contents(). Or, you can run a command line ping using exec.

For a real simple ping you can try this, it will simply return the amount of time to establish a connection to the host.
Code:
```
<?php

 = microtime(true);
 = fsockopen(, , , , );
 = microtime(true);

if (!) {
//site is down
 = FALSE;
} else {
//get response time
fclose();
 = ( - ) * 1000;
 = floor();
```
Content Publisher 15 years ago

Curl is best (the 'proper' way of doing HTTP requests via PHP0, but fsockopen is nice and easy to use

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