<?php $ip_address = '123.456.789.0'; // IP address you'd like to ping. exec("ping -c 1 " . $ip_address . " | head -n 2 | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $7}'", $ping_time); print $ping_time[0]; // First item in array, since exec returns an array. ?>
exec("ping ".$ip, $output, $status); // $ip: desired ip address // $output: result messages from the ping // $status: result status code from the ping // 0: success // 1: no response // 2: other errors