{"id":237,"date":"2015-04-27T14:25:04","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T14:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betakb.veeble.org\/?p=237"},"modified":"2025-03-17T12:09:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T06:39:15","slug":"monitoring-the-availability-of-your-site-using-php-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veeble.com\/kb\/monitoring-the-availability-of-your-site-using-php-script\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring the availability of your site using PHP script"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You might have subscribed for costly monitoring services, however, the following script will help you to keep a track of your site’s availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create file \/usr\/sbin\/monitor.php<\/b> with the following contents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#!\/usr\/bin\/php -q
<?php
define ( \u201c TIMEOUT \u201c , 30 ) ;
define ( \u201c EMAIL \u201c , \u2018 yourname@yourdomain.com \u2018 ) ;
check ( \u201c http:\/\/domain1.com \u201c ) ;
check ( \u201c http:\/\/domain2.com \u201c ) ;
check ( \u201c http:\/\/domain3.com \u201c ) ;
check ( \u201c http:\/\/domain4.com \u201c ) ;
function check ( $url ){
$ch = curl_init () ;
curl_setopt ( $ch , CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER , 1 ) ; \/\/ Return Page contents.
curl_setopt ( $ch , CURLOPT_URL , $url ) ;
curl_setopt ( $ch , CURLOPT_TIMEOUT , 30 ) ;
curl_setopt ( $ch , CURLOPT_DNS_CACHE_TIMEOUT , TIMEOUT ) ;
curl_setopt ( $ch , CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT , TIMEOUT ) ;
curl_setopt ( $ch , CURLOPT_HEADER , TIMEOUT ) ;
$result = curl_exec ( $ch ) ;
curl_close ( $ch ) ;
\/ HTTP\/1.1 200 OK\u201d)
if ( strpos ( $result , \u201c 200 OK \u201c ) != 8 ){
mail ( EMAIL , \u201c Error in $url \u201c , $results ) ;
}
}
?>
<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Add this line in your Linux \/etc\/crontab or via cpanel to monitor eg: every 3 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*\/3 * * * * root \/usr\/sbin\/monitor.php >> \/dev\/null 2>&1\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Temporary connection issues or high load in the server may also trigger an alert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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