ping a url

edmarriner · 09-17-2005, 12:05 PM

is there anyway or waebist to basicly ping the url say every 30 mins?

thanks

ed

Shorty · 09-17-2005, 12:53 PM

You mean non manually? No idea. You can just type ping http://www.sitename.com every 30 mins...

stscac · 09-17-2005, 01:40 PM

Hey Ed,

Here's what we'll do. Assuming you have access to the ever ample PHP, crontabs and access to shell_exec(), we'll begin.

The following is a script that will run the ping, and return a result.

PHP Code:

  <?php

/* 

Script written by Steve Castle (http://www.stscac.com)

Modified from http://shat.net/php/nqt/nqt.php.txt

 
For the purpose of this example, the filename of this file (PHP_SELF) will be named ping.php and located in server path erver/path/to/script/

 
The "$domain" variable is the domain name you are going to be checking.  Use  the domain name without the protocol.

(Good = namepros.com, Bad = http://www.namepros.com)

*/

$domain = "namepros.com";

function message($msg){

echo "<font face=\"verdana,arial\" size=1>$msg</font>";

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/programming/124485-ping-a-url.html
flush();

}

function ping($domain){

message("<p><b>Ping Results:</b><blockquote>");

if (! $msg .= trim(nl2br(`ping -c5 '$domain'`))) #bugfix

  $msg .= "Ping failed. Host may not be active.";

$msg .= "</blockquote></p>";

message($msg);

}

ping($domain);

?>

The following is the crontab that needs to be added to your server, so the PHP script above can be run every 1/2 hour.

Code:

30 * * * * server/path/to/script/ping.php

This only checks the results every 30 minutes. To report the results, you would have to email them or add them to a database.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=124485

Hope this starts you off in the right direction.

Cheers

!

-Steve

dgaussin · 09-17-2005, 01:43 PM

You could try http://www.host-tracker.com

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09-17-2005, 01:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
stscac A Wealth of Knowledge Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,809	Hey Ed, Here's what we'll do. Assuming you have access to the ever ample PHP, crontabs and access to shell_exec(), we'll begin. The following is a script that will run the ping, and return a result. PHP Code: <?php /* Script written by Steve Castle (http://www.stscac.com) Modified from http://shat.net/php/nqt/nqt.php.txt For the purpose of this example, the filename of this file (PHP_SELF) will be named ping.php and located in server path erver/path/to/script/ The "$domain" variable is the domain name you are going to be checking. Use the domain name without the protocol. (Good = namepros.com, Bad = http://www.namepros.com) / $domain = "namepros.com"; function message($msg){ echo "<font face=\"verdana,arial\" size=1>$msg</font>"; ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/programming/124485-ping-a-url.html flush(); } function ping($domain){ message("<p><b>Ping Results:</b><blockquote>"); if (! $msg .= trim(nl2br(`ping -c5 '$domain'`))) #bugfix $msg .= "Ping failed. Host may not be active."; $msg .= "</blockquote></p>"; message($msg); } ping($domain); ?> The following is the crontab that needs to be added to your server, so the PHP script above can be run every 1/2 hour. Code: 30 * * * server/path/to/script/ping.php This only checks the results every 30 minutes. To report the results, you would have to email them or add them to a database. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=124485 Hope this starts you off in the right direction. Cheers ! -Steve

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Shorty Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: England Posts: 1,034	You mean non manually? No idea. You can just type ping http://www.sitename.com every 30 mins...

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