'', ';' => '', '| ' => '', '-' => '', '$' => '', '(' => '', ')' => '', '`' => '', '||' => '', ); // Remove any of the charactars in the array (blacklist). $target = str_replace( array_keys( $substitutions ), $substitutions, $target ); // Determine OS and execute the ping command. if( stristr( php_uname( 's' ), 'Windows NT' ) ) { // Windows $cmd = shell_exec( 'ping ' . $target ); } else { // *nix $cmd = shell_exec( 'ping -c 4 ' . $target ); } // Feedback for the end user $html .= "

{$cmd}

"; } ?>