On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 10:33 +0200, Kamil Walas wrote: > Ashley Sheridan pisze: > > On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 10:25 +0200, Kamil Walas wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I stuck with strange error. I have following code: > >> <? > >> echo 'BEFORE'; > >> echo exec("ping -c1 -w1 1.1.25.38"); > >> echo 'AFTER'; > >> ?> > >> > >> Address doesn't exist. When execute script from command line everything > >> works fine. But when I go to the file by Firefox it hangs out and > apache > >> need to be restart. This is a Virtual Server with PHP Version > >> 5.2.6-pl222-gentoo. When address exists it works fine. Only problem is > >> when it doesn't respond and apache hangs. > >> > >> I copy file to apache at my local apache and everything works fine. My > >> apache is with Version 5.3.0alpha3-dev at windows XP. > >> > >> At old server with php4 everything works fine. > >> > >> I suspect that something wrong is with apache configuration but I don't > >> know it for sure and couldn't find it. > >> > >> Thank you, > >> Kamil Walas > >> > > Are you sure it's crashed and is not just waiting for a reply from the > > remote server. How long do you leave it running before you assume it's > > crashed? I see it's set for a 1millisecond wait response, but what is > > the -c1 flag, as I'm not familiar with all the flags of a Windows ping, > > and a quick Google didn't reveal it. > > > > > > Ash > > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > It is waiting. Not crash but hangs. Id don't know why. For test once I > leave it for something about 2 hours - for one ping it should be > enought. -c1 flag tells to send only one ping. It hangs on Gentoo. > > I solved it by removing exec. > Now it looks like: > function ping( $host, $number_port, $timeout ) > { > $fp = fsockopen($host, $number_port, $a, $timeout); > if($fp !== FALSE ) { fclose($fp); return true;} > else { return false; } > } > It's better than ping becouse there is also a port number check. > > > Thanks for fast answer, > > Kamil Walas > > Ah, ok sorry, I misread your question and thought all the tests were on Windows (too early this morning!) Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php