FSOCKOPEN Help

[ecorg911]

Hello, I have recently started playing around with PHP, and have created a simple port checker with the help of a tutorial.

Although what I would like to do is use an HTML form to insert the variable for fsockopen("xxxxx... instead of having it embedded.

 

Is there any way to achieve this?

 

<?php
$connection = @fsockopen("www.google.com", 80);
if ($connection) {
    echo "Port 80 on www.google.com is open.";
    fclose($connection);
} else {
    echo "Port 80 on www.google.com is not open.";
}

 

Many thanks for any help that can be provided

[AbraCadaver]

Not complete, but in general:

 

<form method="post">
   <input type="text" name="host">
   <input type="submit" name="submit">
</form>

<?php
if(isset($_POST['host']) && !empty($_POST['host'])) {
$connection = @fsockopen($_POST['host'], 80);
if ($connection) {
	echo "Port 80 on " . $_POST['host'] . " is open.";
	fclose($connection);
} else {
	echo "Port 80 on " . $_POST['host'] . " is not open.";
}
}