Description: ------------ The function CheckHost fails with the following error everytime it is called: PHP Fatal error: Cannot use object of type Net_Ping_Result as array in E:\PHP\PEAR\pear\Net\Ping.php on line 425 Test script: --------------- <?php // include class require ("Net/Ping.php"); // create object $ping = Net_Ping::factory(); // ping host and display response if(!PEAR::isError($ping)) { if ( $ping->CheckHost('www.google.com') ) { echo "Google is up!!!"; } else { echo "Google is down..."; } } ?> Expected result: ---------------- Google is up!!! Actual result: -------------- PHP Fatal error: Cannot use object of type Net_Ping_Result as array in E:\PHP\PEAR\pear\Net\Ping.php on line 425

confirmed.

It appears the function is trying to do too much work, and parsing the _result itself. I was able to fix and test Net/Ping/checkHost once I figured out what it was trying to do - the info it needs is already in the result object. function checkHost($host, $severely = true) { $this->setArgs(array("count" => 10, "size" => 32, "quiet" => null, "deadline" => 10 ) ); $res = $this->ping($host); if (PEAR::isError($res)) { return false; } if ($res->_received == 0) { return false; } if ($res->_received != $res->_transmitted && $severely) { return false; } return true; } /* function checkHost() */

This bug has been fixed in CVS. If this was a documentation problem, the fix will appear on pear.php.net by the end of next Sunday (CET). If this was a problem with the pear.php.net website, the change should be live shortly. Otherwise, the fix will appear in the package's next release. Thank you for the report and for helping us make PEAR better. Thank you Stede Bonnett! I've committed the fix to CVS and will release 2.4.4.