I'm wondering how this site http://verify-email.org/ is checking whether the email actually belongs to some domain or some smtp.
i have tried this nslookup .
<?php
// Function to check whether a given hostName is a valid email
// domain address.
function myCheckDNSRR($hostName, $recType = '')
{
if(!empty($hostName)) {
if( $recType == '' ) $recType = "MX";
exec("nslookup -type=$recType $hostName", $result);
// check each line to find the one that starts with the host
// name. If it exists then the function succeeded.
foreach ($result as $line) {
if(eregi("^$hostName",$line)) {
return true;
}
}
// otherwise there was no mail handler for the domain
return false;
}
return false;
}
// If you are running this test on a Windows machine, you'll need to
// uncomment the next line and comment out the checkdnsrr call:
//if (myCheckDNSRR("joemarini.com","MX"))
if (checkdnsrr("dilip","MX")) // previously they had joemarini.com","MX"
echo "yup - valid email!";
else
echo "nope - invalid email!";
?>
i got this code from sitepoint which is not upto the level of http://verify-email.org/.
my question: is there any modification required in the code to accompolish the functionality of this website http://verify-email.org/
I'm currently working on a geocoding php function, using google maps API. Strangely, file_get_contents() returns bool(false) whereas the url I use is properly encoded, I think.
In my browser, when I test the code, the page takes a very long time to load, and the geocoding doesn't work (of course, given that the API doesn't give me what I want).
Also I tried to use curl, no success so far.
If anyone could help me, that'd be great !
Thanks a lot.
The code :
function test_geocoding2(){
$addr = "14 Boulevard Vauban, 26000 Valence";
if(!gc_geocode($addr)){
echo "false <br/>";
}
}
function gc_geocode($address){
$address = urlencode($address);
$url = "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address={$address}";
$resp_json = file_get_contents($url);
$resp = json_decode($resp_json, true);
if($resp['status']=='OK'){
$lati = $resp['results'][0]['geometry']['location']['lat'];
$longi = $resp['results'][0]['geometry']['location']['lng'];
if($lati && $longi){
echo "(" . $lati . ", " . $longi . ")";
}else{
echo "data not complete <br/>";
return false;
}
}else{
echo "status not ok <br/>";
return false;
}
}
UPDATE : The problem was indeed the fact that I was behind a proxy. I tested with another network, and it works properly.
However, your answers about what I return and how I test the success are very nice as well, and will help me to improve the code.
Thanks a lot !
The problem was the fact that I was using a proxy. The code is correct.
To check if there is a proxy between you and the Internet, you must know the infrastructure of your network. If you work from a school or a company network, it is very likely that a proxy is used in order to protect the local network.
If you do not know the answer, ask your network administrator.
If there is no declared proxy in your network, it is still possible that a transparent proxy is there. However, as states the accepted answer to this question: https://superuser.com/questions/505772/how-can-i-find-out-if-there-is-a-proxy-between-myself-and-the-internet-if-there
If it's a transparent proxy, you won't be able to detect it on the client PC.
Some website also provide some proxy detectors, though I have no idea of how relevant is the information given there. Here are two examples :
http://amibehindaproxy.com/
http://www.proxyserverprivacy.com/free-proxy-detector.shtml
When you are not return anything function returns null.
Just use that:
if(!is_null(gc_geocode($addr))) {
echo "false <br/>";
}
Or:
if(gc_geocode($addr) === false) {
echo "false <br/>";
}
Take a look at the if statement:
if(!gc_geocode($addr)){
echo "false <br/>";
}
This means that if gc_geocode($addr) returns either false or null, this statement will echo "false".
However, you never actually return anything from the function, so on success, it's returning null:
$address = urlencode($address);
$url = "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address={$address}";
$resp_json = file_get_contents($url);
$resp = json_decode($resp_json, true);
if($lati && $longi){
echo "(" . $lati . ", " . $longi . ")"; //ECHO isn't RETURN
/* You should return something here, e.g. return true */
} else {
echo "data not complete <br/>";
return false;
}
} else {
echo "status not ok <br/>";
return false;
}
Alternatively, you can just change the if statement to only fire when the function returns false:
if(gc_geocode($addr)===false){
//...
Above function gc_geocode() working properly on my system, without any extra load. You have called gc_geocode () it returns you lat, long that is correct now you have check through
if(!gc_geocode($addr)){
echo "false <br/>";
}
Use
if($responce=gc_geocode($addr)){
echo $responce;
}
else{
echo "false <br/>";
}
I have big problem because, when I'm trying to show status of my ts3 server I have blank page... What am I doing wrong?
require_once('libraries/TeamSpeak3/TeamSpeak3.php');
try
{
// connect to server, authenticate and grab info
$ts3 = TeamSpeak3::factory("serverquery://query_admin:query_pass#host:10011/?server_port=9987");
// show server as online
$serverinfo[$j]['hostname'] = $ts3->virtualserver_name;
$serverinfo[$j]['online'] = 'online';
$serverinfo[$j]['players'] = $ts3->virtualserver_clientsonline;
$serverinfo[$j]['max'] = $ts3->virtualserver_maxclients;
}
catch(Exception $e)
{
// grab errors and show server as offline
$serverinfo[$j]['online'] = 'offline';
$serverinfo[$j]['players'] = '-';
$serverinfo[$j]['max'] = '-';
}
When I comment this code the page shows as normal...
EDIT:
I see it now, if I only add this
require_once('libraries/TeamSpeak3/TeamSpeak3.php');
and nothing more to my code it shows blank page... Is it possible, that library from here doesn't work properly?
You forgot to add echo before each info so the code becomes :
require_once('libraries/TeamSpeak3/TeamSpeak3.php');
try
{
// connect to server, authenticate and grab info
$ts3 = TeamSpeak3::factory("serverquery://query_admin:query_pass#host:10011/?server_port=9987");
// show server as online
echo $serverinfo[$j]['hostname'] = $ts3->virtualserver_name;
echo $serverinfo[$j]['online'] = 'online';
echo $serverinfo[$j]['players'] = $ts3->virtualserver_clientsonline;
echo $serverinfo[$j]['max'] = $ts3->virtualserver_maxclients;
}
catch(Exception $e)
{
// grab errors and show server as offline
echo $serverinfo[$j]['online'] = 'offline';
echo $serverinfo[$j]['players'] = '-';
echo $serverinfo[$j]['max'] = '-';
}
I have been using this metode.
I have set it up on my site, but for some reason, it doesn't seems to work for all extensions.
As I set I did setup that code on my site, but modified it to check the requested domain name.
You can try it on my site here.
So here you can see some working examples:
try: just.com, just.net, example.com and test.com.
Some not working examples:
try: just.dk, example.dk and test.dk
Here is the complete code I have on the site:
<?php
function checkDomainAvailability($domain_name){
$server = 'whois.crsnic.net';
// Open a socket connection to the whois server
$connection = fsockopen($server, 43);
if (!$connection) return false;
// Send the requested doman name
fputs($connection, $domain_name."\r\n");
// Read and store the server response
$response_text = ' :';
while(!feof($connection)) {
$response_text .= fgets($connection,128);
}
// Close the connection
fclose($connection);
// Check the response stream whether the domain is available
if (strpos($response_text, 'No match for')) return true;
else return false;
}
$domainname = 'accurst.com';
if (isset($_GET['domain']))
$domainname = $_GET['domain'];
if(checkDomainAvailability($domainname)) echo 'Domain : '.$domainname.' is Available';
else echo 'Domain : '.$domainname.' is Already Taken';
?>
Does anyone have any idea how to fix this issue?
Probably because the whois server doesn't support those top level domains. Take a look at whomsy
How can I check if I'm connected to the internet from my PHP script which is running on my dev machine?
I run the script to download a set of files (which may or may not exist) using wget. If I try the download without being connected, wget proceeds to the next one thinking the file is not present.
<?php
function is_connected()
{
$connected = #fsockopen("www.example.com", 80);
//website, port (try 80 or 443)
if ($connected){
$is_conn = true; //action when connected
fclose($connected);
}else{
$is_conn = false; //action in connection failure
}
return $is_conn;
}
?>
You can always ping good 'ol trusty google:
$response = null;
system("ping -c 1 google.com", $response);
if($response == 0)
{
// this means you are connected
}
This code was failing in laravel 4.2 php framework with an internal server 500 error:
<?php
function is_connected()
{
$connected = #fsockopen("www.some_domain.com", 80);
//website, port (try 80 or 443)
if ($connected){
$is_conn = true; //action when connected
fclose($connected);
}else{
$is_conn = false; //action in connection failure
}
return $is_conn;
}
?>
Which I didn't want to stress myself to figure that out, hence I tried this code and it worked for me:
function is_connected()
{
$connected = fopen("http://www.google.com:80/","r");
if($connected)
{
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
Please note that: This is based upon the assumption that the connection to google.com is less prone to failure.
The accepted answer did not work for me. When the internet was disconnected it threw a php error. So I used it with a little modification which is below:
if(!$sock = #fsockopen('www.google.com', 80))
{
echo 'Not Connected';
}
else
{
echo 'Connected';
}
Why don't you fetch the return code from wget to determine whether or not the download was successful? The list of possible values can be found at wget exit status.
On the other hand, you could use php's curl functions as well, then you can do all error tracking from within PHP.
There are various factors that determine internet connection. The interface state, for example. But, regardles of those, due to the nature of the net, proper configuration does not meen you have a working connection.
So the best way is to try to download a file that you’re certain that exists. If you succeed, you may follow to next steps. If not, retry once and then fail.
Try to pick one at the destination host. If it’s not possible, choose some major website like google or yahoo.
Finally, just try checking the error code returned by wget. I bet those are different for 404-s and timeouts. You can use third parameter in exec call:
string exec ( string $command [, array &$output [, int &$return_var ]] )
/*
* Usage: is_connected('www.google.com')
*/
function is_connected($addr)
{
if (!$socket = #fsockopen($addr, 80, $num, $error, 5)) {
echo "OFF";
} else {
echo "ON";
}
}
Also note that fopen and fsockopen are different. fsockopen opens a socket depending on the protocol prefix. fopen opens a file or something else e.g file over HTTP, or a stream filter or something etc. Ultimately this affects the execution time.
You could ping to a popular site or to the site you're wgetting from (like www.google.nl) then parse the result to see if you can connect to it.
<?php
$ip = '127.0.0.1'; //some ip
exec("ping -n 4 $ip 2>&1", $output, $retval);
if ($retval != 0) {
echo "no!";
}
else
{
echo "yes!"; }
?>
Just check the result of wget. A status code of 4 indicates a network problem, a status code of 8 indicates a server error (such as a 404). This only works if you call wget for each file in sequence, rather than once for all the files.
You can also use libcurl with PHP, instead of calling wget. Something like:
foreach (...) {
$c = curl_init($url);
$f = fopen($filepath, "w")
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_FILE, $f);
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
if (curl_exec($c)) {
if (curl_getinfo($c, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE) == 200) {
// success
} else {
// 404 or something, delete file
unlink($filepath);
}
} else {
// network error or server down
break; // abort
}
curl_close($c);
}
This function handles what you need
function isConnected()
{
// use 80 for http or 443 for https protocol
$connected = #fsockopen("www.example.com", 80);
if ($connected){
fclose($connected);
return true;
}
return false;
}
You can use this by adding this inside a class:
private $api_domain = 'google.com';
private function serverAliveOrNot()
{
if($pf = #fsockopen($this->api_domain, 443)) {
fclose($pf);
$_SESSION['serverAliveOrNot'] = true;
return true;
} else {
$_SESSION['serverAliveOrNot'] = false;
return false;
}
}
+1 on Alfred's answer, but I think this is an improved version:
function hasInternet()
{
$hosts = ['1.1.1.1', '1.0.0.1', '8.8.8.8', '8.8.4.4'];
foreach ($hosts as $host) {
if ($connected = #fsockopen($host, 443)) {
fclose($connected);
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
My reasons:
This pings more than 1 server and will only fail if all 4 fails
If first host works, it will return true immediately
IP addresses are from CloudFlare and Google DNS which basically controls most of the internet and always online
1.1.1.1 is rated the fastest DNS resolver (Source)
Only doubt I have is to use port 443 or 80? Suggestions would be appreciated! :)
Very PHP way of doing it is
<?php
switch (connection_status())
{
case CONNECTION_NORMAL:
$txt = 'Connection is in a normal state';
break;
case CONNECTION_ABORTED:
$txt = 'Connection aborted';
break;
case CONNECTION_TIMEOUT:
$txt = 'Connection timed out';
break;
case (CONNECTION_ABORTED & CONNECTION_TIMEOUT):
$txt = 'Connection aborted and timed out';
break;
default:
$txt = 'Unknown';
break;
}
echo $txt;
?>
https://www.w3schools.com/php/func_misc_connection_status.asp