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Necrohhh
Necrohhh

Reputation: 223

PHP/JavaScript - Ping Test

Is there any way that I can allow a user to ping a test IP that will go from

User --> Server --> Their Actual Ping Not The Servers

I know you can ping using PHP, but PHP can't execute anything from the clients side.

jQuery maybe?

Thanks for any tips or suggestions.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1129

Answers (1)

Ja͢ck
Ja͢ck

Reputation: 173562

JavaScript isn't capable of performing an ICMP Echo request which is use to ping a server.

The closest alternative is to make an HTTP request using the XMLHttpRequest or Image object and measure the time taken; of course, the time taken for that is the combination of DNS lookup, TCP handshake, sending headers, server processing and receiving the response.

I should note that after the first "ping" the subsequent requests are probably more accurate.

Upvotes: 1

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