try: fopen('http://server.com/index.php');

or you could probably grab the output of 
'ping server.com' (assuming server.com accepts pings)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vikram Vaswani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 1:48 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP] Using PHP to test if server is online
> 
> 
> Hi again,
> 
> I am writing a PHP script to test if the server on which it is running is
> currently connected to the Internet. If so, the main page will display a
> notice saying "We are now online", else it will say "Not connected"
> 
> Any ideas on how to do this with PHP? I'm guessing it would involve some
> kind of socket connection...
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Vikram
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