[Phphelpdesk-help] ping

[Marcus V. W. <ma...@rt...>]

Hi there=20
Anybody on list know of how I can do the following in php

ping 10.50.50.50
it has to return "UP" or "DOWN"

maybe using the system( ) function=20
system (ping 10.50.50.50)=20

but how do you get it to return up or down

Regards
Marcus


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