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Dennis Pallett · 11-27-2005, 06:42 PM

Maybe you can try something with fopen or file_exists? For example:

PHP Code:

if (file_exists('/path/to/file/on/the/other/computer') == true) {
 // computer is online
 else {
 // computer is offline (or file doesn't exist, so make sure the file does exist)
 }

Something like that maybe?

I've never had to something like this to be honest, and I don't know of any other practical way (short of using shell and ping like you mentioned).

11-27-2005, 06:42 PM	#2
Dennis Pallett Administrator Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 258	Maybe you can try something with fopen or file_exists? For example: PHP Code: `if (file_exists('/path/to/file/on/the/other/computer') == true) { // computer is online else { // computer is offline (or file doesn't exist, so make sure the file does exist) }` Something like that maybe? I've never had to something like this to be honest, and I don't know of any other practical way (short of using shell and ping like you mentioned).