Just a raw (manual) way to talk to a server. You just need to understand the way a HTTP request is sent to a server (http://w3c.org/). Or if you know how to comminicate with what ever protocol you use manually. The reason to really do it with db-server would be to test to see if is actually running, for example for mysql: telnet localhost 3306 5.0.15-standard�9i$t=tR,|;P_l%lu']~&^CConnection closed by foreign host. or smtp telnet localhost 25 220 bagend.shire ESMTP Exim 4.54 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 20:01:16 -0800 helo localhost 250 bagend.shire Hello localhost.shire [::1] ... or pop3 telnet localhost 110 Trying 127.0.0.1... telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused telnet: Unable to connect to remote host oh yeah, i dont run a pop server :) > > woh-woh-woh... what is this? never ever thought of such a method... > where can i get > more info about such stuff ? maybe apache-docs, but where? does it even > work with other > protocols/servers, maybe something like 'rtsp' or a db-server :) ? > > >telnet localhost 80 | less > >GET / HTTP/1.0 > >Host: localhost > I usually use google's 'define:YMMV' > Oh... errr... sorry... but, those abbrivations... can't get used to > them... is there a glosary or such > alike to find somewhere? > >YMMV Curt. -- cat .signature: No such file or directory -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
