Script to check if a Game Server is online

[Whoo]

I've been looking for a simple script that would connect to a game server to see if it is still online. I've found many, but not one of them work. They will permanently send back the text "Online", or "Offline". This is the simplest code I have found:

 

<?php
$ip = "66.79.190.40"; 
$port = "27960"; 
if (! $sock = @fsockopen($ip, $port, $num, $error, 5)) 
echo '<B><FONT COLOR=red>Offline</b></FONT>'; 
else{ 
echo '<B><FONT COLOR=lime>Online</b></FONT>'; 
fclose($sock); 
} 
?>

 

I'm also looking into getting it to pull the map name and player-list, but I should be able to figure that out on my own once I get this working. If it helps, this script is supposed to connect to the original Quake games(One, two, and three).

[ChemicalBliss]

What is the error?

 

<?php
$ip = "66.79.190.40"; 
$port = "27960"; 
if (! $sock = @fsockopen($ip, $port, $num, $error, 5)) 
echo '<B><FONT COLOR=red>Offline</b></FONT>'; 
echo '<br />'.$num.'<br />'.$error;
else{ 
echo '<B><FONT COLOR=lime>Online</b></FONT>'; 
fclose($sock); 
} 
?>

 

-cb-

[jcbones]

$sock = @fsockopen($ip, $port, $num, $error, 5) //<-- Remove last argument, Letting it run the default timeout until you are sure your getting a connection. Then adjust.

[PradeepKr]

If you want to check whether a file is online (a URL is available on the web) then here a few different ways are described to http://www.expertsguide.info/2010/07/how-to-know-if-file-exists-on-web/. Have a look at them. Hope it helps.