1 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/hubloc.php b/include/hubloc.php
index 396f4ddfa..674a3885f 100644
--- a/include/hubloc.php
+++ b/include/hubloc.php
@@ -275,4 +275,34 @@ function xchan_fetch($arr) {
 			$ret[str_replace('xchan_','',$k)] = $v;
 	}
 	return $ret;
-}
-\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+
+
+function ping_site($url) {
+
+		$ret = array('success' => false);
+
+		$sys = get_sys_channel();
+
+		$m = zot_build_packet($sys,'ping');
+		$r = zot_zot($url . '/post',$m);
+		if(! $r['success']) {
+			$ret['message'] = 'no answer from ' . $url;
+			return $ret;
+		}
+		$packet_result = json_decode($r['body'],true);
+		if(! $packet_result['success']) {
+			$ret['message'] = 'packet failure from ' . $url;		
+			return $ret;
+		}
+
+		if($packet_result['success']) {
+			$ret['success'] = true;
+		}
+		else {
+			$ret['message'] = 'unknown error from ' . $url;
+		}
+
+		return $ret;
+}