well, basically it's a better job for a perl script.Why? PHP is quite capable of doing it.
Either way, you didn't specify platform you'll be running the script on. That has to be said, because Windoze handles that different than UNIX/LinuxNo, PHP glosses over the differences quite nicely.
<?php
$servers = array (http://www.php.net/array)(
'Server One' => 'server1.com',
'Server Two' => 'server2.com',
'Server Three' => 'server3.com'
);
$services = array(
'SMTP' => 25,
'HTTP' => 80,
'POP' => 110
);
foreach (http://www.php.net/foreach)($servers as $svrName => $host) {
?>
<table class="serviceTable">
<tr>
<th colspan="2" class="serverName">
<?php echo (http://www.php.net/echo)($svrName); ?>
</th>
</tr>
<?php
foreach($services as $svcName => $port) {
$status = 'Available';
$f;
if(!($f = fsockopen (http://www.php.net/fsockopen)($host, $port, $errno, $errstr, 3)))
// The number above is a timeout. A bigger
// number will result in better accuracy but
// longer page loading time.
$status = 'Unavailable';
else fclose (http://www.php.net/fclose)($f);
// The connection worked; we don't need to
// do anything else with the socket, so we
// close it.
?>
<tr>
<td class="serviceName">
<?php echo($svcName); ?>
</td>
<td class="serviceStatus">
<?php echo($status); ?>
</td>
</tr>
<?php
}
?>
</table>
<?php
}
?>Untested.