I have seen many of those server side scripts that will tell you your IP, or the Brower(s) your are using, and /or your DNS lookup.

Some even use it in their signatures as images with a script inside.

I want to create such a thing. But with some differeneces.

I want it to display one msg if a program is offline, and another when it is online.

When it is online the picture will also display other information about the program. For example:

A web server, or an FTP server on port 8888.

if the webserver is online , then when the pic is veiwed ( stored on a different host), via a client, it would say: ONLINE, the web address (URL) and the port if different from the standard.

if a ftp server on 8888

it would do similarily the same thing, check if it is online and display the ftp url and the port, and if a usr/pss is required.

however if either is offline, then the image would still appear but the text in the image would read... OFFLINE.


I found a resource once before... taht outlined the code inside an image coded in PHP. but im nbot sure

It is a simialr concept to having the song your listeing to on Winamp be displayed on an image.

Out of the few peopleI have toalked to, some have said PHP others C++ and soe Mysql, while a few think all of the above.


anyone?

cheers boss