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[herrold@centos-4 ~]$ cat ./rph-shim/socket-test.php
#!/usr/bin/php -qc/etc
<?php
//
//
$remote_host = "www.google.com";
$remote_port = "80";
//
//
$sock = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP);
// socket_set_nonblock($sock);
//
socket_connect($sock,$remote_host, $remote_port);
socket_set_block($sock);
switch(socket_select($r = array($sock), $w = array($sock), $f = array($sock), 5))
{
       case 2:
               echo "[-] Connection Refused\n";
               break;
       case 1:
               echo "[+] Connected\n";
               break;
       case 0:
               echo "[-] Timeout\n";
               break;
}
?>
[herrold@centos-4 ~]$ ./rph-shim/socket-test.php
[+] Connected
[herrold@centos-4 ~]$