CheckHost PHP

CheckHost PHP is a lightweight PHP wrapper for interacting with the check-host.net API, allowing you to run PING, HTTP, TCP, UDP, DNS, TRACEROUTE checks from a variety of global nodes. It includes flexible country/node filtering and comprehensive result parsing.

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✅ Features

• Get real-time availability data from multiple global nodes
• Supports: ping, http, tcp, udp, dns, traceroute
• Filter nodes by country code, country name, or domain
• Collect results from specific or all available nodes
• Parse and structure response data (avg/min/max ping, jitter, status, etc.)

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📦 Installation

Install via Composer:

composer require ilyagvc/checkhost

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🧱 Constructor

$checkHost = new CheckHost(
    array|null $selectedCountries = null,
    bool $except = false,
    string|null $proxy = null,
    int $timeout = 60
);

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
$selectedCountries	array, null	Country name(s), ISO country code(s), or node domain(s) to include/exclude (null = all available nodes) (default = null)
$except	bool	If true, excludes the specified countries instead of including them (default = false)
$proxy	string, null	Optional proxy for curl requests (default = null)
$timeout	int	Request timeout (seconds) for waiting on test results (default = 60)

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🔧 Methods

setCountry(array|null $countries = null, bool $except = false): bool

Filters nodes based on country names, codes, or node domains.

Parameter	Type	Description
$countries	array, null	Country name(s), ISO country code(s), or node domain(s) to include/exclude (null = all available nodes) (default = null)
$except	bool	If true, excludes the specified countries instead of including them (default = false)

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getNodes(): array

Returns the currently selected and filtered node list.
No parameters.

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getNodesIp(): array|false

Fetches the raw IP list of all available nodes from check-host.net.
No parameters.

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updateNodes(): bool

Refreshes and re-applies node filters to fetch the latest node list.
No parameters.

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sendRequest(string $host, string $type, int $maxNodes = 0): string|false

Sends a check request of a given type to selected nodes.

Parameter	Type	Description
$host	string	The target domain or IP to check
$type	string	Type of check: one of ping, http, tcp, udp, dns, traceroute
$maxNodes	int	Maximum number of nodes to use. Any value other than 0 overrides the selected nodes and uses up to the specified number of available nodes (0 = use selected nodes) (default = 0)

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getResults(string $requestId): array|false

Fetches the result of a previously sent check request.

Parameter	Type	Description
$requestId	string	ID returned by sendRequest()

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runCheck(string $host, string $type, int $maxNodes = 0): array|false

Combines sendRequest() and getResults() into a single call, returning structured data.

Parameter	Type	Description
$host	string	The target domain or IP to check
$type	string	Type of check: one of ping, http, tcp, udp, dns, traceroute
$maxNodes	int	Maximum number of nodes to use. Any value other than 0 overrides the selected nodes and uses up to the specified number of available nodes (0 = use selected nodes) (default = 0)

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fullCheck(string $host): array|false

Performs all checks (ping, http, tcp, udp, dns, traceroute) on the given host.

Parameter	Type	Description
$host	string	The target domain or IP to check

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setProxy(string $proxy): void

Sets or updates a proxy to be used for all cURL HTTP requests.

Parameter	Type	Description
$proxy	string	Proxy address, e.g., http://127.0.0.1:8080

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setTimeout(int $seconds): void

Sets the timeout for all result fetching requests.

Parameter	Type	Description
$seconds	int	Timeout duration in seconds

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📦 Example Usage

Ping Check

<?php
use ILYAGVC\CheckHost\CheckHost;
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$checkHost = new CheckHost();
$result = $checkHost->runCheck('https://www.google.com', 'ping', 2);
print_r($result);

Sample Output (Simplified)

Array
(
    [host] => www.google.com
    [type] => ping
    [results] => Array
        (
            [Germany] => Array
                (
                    [result_summary] => Array
                        (
                            [ping]       => 4/4
                            [average_ms] => 1
                            ...
                        )
                        ...
                )
            [Iran] => ...
        )
)

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Full Check

<?php
use ILYAGVC\CheckHost\CheckHost;
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$checkHost = new CheckHost();
$result = $checkHost->fullCheck('https://www.google.com');
print_r($result);

Sample Output (Simplified)

Array
(
    [Austria] => Array
        (
            [ping]       => [...]
            [http]       => [...]
            [tcp]        => [...]
            [udp]        => [...]
            [dns]        => [...]
            [traceroute] => [...]
        )
        ...
)

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🌐 Node Filtering

Filter to only Germany and Austria nodes:

$checkHost = new CheckHost(['Germany', 'AT']);

Exclude France:

$checkHost = new CheckHost(['France'], true);

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🔄 Proxy & Timeout

$checkHost->setProxy('http://127.0.0.1:8080');
$checkHost->setTimeout(10);

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📄 License

MIT

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📬 Contact

Developed by ILYAGVC Feel free to open issues or PRs!