Determine in php script if connected to internet?

Question

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 ma

Answer 1

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;
}