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Re: Can't get my script working. Please help! :)

by Elgon (Curate)
on Mar 19, 2001 at 11:26 UTC ( [id://65377]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Ping via CGI (was: Can't get my script working. Please help! :))

Just a small point: Some servers are set up not to respond to pings. Try pinging www.microsoft.com for example, you shouldn't get a result.

A slightly surer way might be to send an HTTP head request and base your result on that.

Elgon

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