Minecraft Server Status Scripts

status.php

<?php

$host = "XXXXXXXXXX";
$port = 25565;

$socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP);
$connected = socket_connect($socket, $host, $port);
if ($connected) {
    $ping_start = microtime(true);
    socket_send($socket, "\xFE", 1, 0);
    $data = "";
    $result = socket_recv($socket, &$data, 50, 0);$ping_end = microtime(true);
    socket_close($socket);

    if ($result != false && substr($data, 0, 1) == "\xFF") {
        $info = explode("\xA7", mb_convert_encoding(substr($data,1), "iso-8859-1", "utf-16be"));
        $serverName = substr($info[0], 1);
        $playersOnline = $info[1];
        $playersMax = $info[2];
        $ping = round(($ping_end - $ping_start) * 1000);
        echo     "Server: $serverName<br/>
                Address: $host<br/>
                Port: $port<br/>
                Players Online: $playersOnline/$playersMax <br/>
                Ping: $ping ms<br/>";
    } else {
        echo "Failed to receive data";
    }
} else {
    echo "Failed to connect";
}

?>

status_alt.php

<?php

$host = "example.com";
$port = 25565;

$socket = @fsockopen($host, $port);
if ($socket !== false) {
	@fwrite($socket, "\xFE");
	$data = "";
	$data = @fread($socket, 1024);
	@fclose($socket);
	if ($data !== false && substr($data, 0, 1) == "\xFF") {
		$info = explode("\xA7", mb_convert_encoding(substr($data,1), "iso-8859-1", "utf-16be"));
		$serverName = substr($info[0], 1);
		$playersOnline = $info[1];
		$playersMax = $info[2];
		echo "Server: $serverName<br/>Players Online: $playersOnline/$playersMax";
	} else {
		// Server did not send back proper data, or reading from socket failed.
		echo "Failed to receive data";
	}
} else {
	// Can't connect. Server is probably down.
	echo "Failed to connect";
}

?>