> I may be totally off, but couldn't you just try to open a
> socket to the
> relevant port - if it goes OK, you're fine. If not, well...
> example code in PHP:
>
> if($fp = fsockopen($host_domain, $port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout)){
> // - juhuu!
> }else{
> // - boohoo...
>
> }
This works but the host that is running that will be blocked after 10 trys.
I am also looking for a different way of doing this without actually installing the
mysql client.
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