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