PHP Ping Test

[jgphp]

Hello All happy new year

 

I am trying to make a php page that detects if something is plugged in to the ethernet port.

This would be complex if not impossible. I however managed to do something similar the device

that will be plugged in has a static address 192.168.1.1. so I created a ping that says if the device is up or

down.

 

function ping($host, $port, $timeout)

{

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

  $status;

 

  if ($fP)

  { echo "Device is ready to accept data";}

  else

  { echo "Device Down - Retrying connection"; }

} 

 

What I would like to do is have a script that is constantly checking is the device is plugged or when it is not

(so sort of a loop or auto detect). The idea is to have an image with the device up or down.

 

Regards

and a happy new year

JG

[scootstah]

I would use an AJAX request that refreshes every 5 - 10 seconds or so and calls your script.

[jgphp]

would you refresh the actual page or is it not better for the system to stay in a loop until  the device is plugged in.

 

[scootstah]

No, just refresh the AJAX call.