Get site's ping

[Jaan]

I used this script once.. and today I found it and I thought I'll make ta tutorial about it.. It's very very simple so you will learn it quickly

First.. we have to create a new function.

PHP Code:

<?php
function track($host, $port, $timeout) {

It will create a new function "track" that requires host, port and timeout parameters..

PHP Code:

$firstTime = microtime(true); 


$firstTime = microtime(true); - It will get a first time in microseconds

Now let's connect to this site

PHP Code:

$sock = fSockOpen($host, $port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout); 


$sock = fSockOpen($host, $port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout); - This function/variable connects to the site

If that $sock variable don't get a response then let's display the error

PHP Code:

if (!$sock) { 
echo "<b>Offline</b>"; 
} 


Now let's get the another time

PHP Code:

$secondTime = microtime(true); 


And now let's get the response time, let's show it and close our function

PHP Code:

$ping = round((($secondTime - $firstTime) * 1000), 0);
echo $ping." ms";
} 


$ping = round((($secondTime - $firstTime) * 1000), 0); - Calculates the ping
echo $ping." ms"; - Shows the ping
} - Ends our function

Now let's get CodeCall.Net's ping

PHP Code:

track("www.codecall.net", 80, 10);
?> 


I told you it is simple
Here's the full script:

PHP Code:

<?php
function track($host, $port, $timeout) {
$firstTime = microtime(true);
$sock = fSockOpen($host, $port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout);
if (!$sock) { 
echo "<b>Offline</b>"; 
}
$secondTime = microtime(true);
$ping = round((($secondTime - $firstTime) * 1000), 0);
echo $ping." ms";
}

track("www.codecall.net", 80, 10);
?>

[DevilsCharm]

I hear if a lot of people (A LOT) ping a site at once it goes down. Is that true?

[TcM]

Yes, because the connection will be flooded, it will have a huge lag and eventually it will crash.

[Xav]

Can we do that to CodeCall?

[TcM]

Well... Not so simple. I will need 1000's of computers pinging at the same time. It also depends on the connection and server.

For example the old server of CC used to crash many times, because it had many users trying to access the website at the same time.

[John]

Originally Posted by Xav

Can we do that to CodeCall?

If you try it, your IP address will automatically be banned from the entire server.

[TcM]

Thats great! Maybe you should try it Xav

Although there is always a workaround to avoid that.

[Jaan]

Originally Posted by TcM

Thats great! Maybe you should try it Xav

Although there is always a workaround to avoid that.

lol dude

[Xav]

Oh, you guys are charming!

[Whitey]

Correct me if i am wrong. but isn't that what they do when they use a program called DDoS. It pings a server/website till its flooded and shut down?