How to ping website using php?

@mallory_cormier 

To ping a website using PHP, you can use the exec function to execute a command line ping. Here's an example code snippet to ping a website:

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$website = 'www.example.com';

// Command to ping the website
$command = 'ping -c 4 ' . $website;

// Execute the command and capture the output
$output = shell_exec($command);

// Display the output
echo "<pre>$output</pre>";

In this code snippet, we are using the ping command to ping the website www.example.com with 4 packets. The shell_exec function is used to execute the command, and the output is then displayed on the screen.

Please note that using shell_exec to execute external commands can have security risks, so make sure to validate and sanitize user input before using it in the command to prevent any potential security vulnerabilities.