Php code players online

Hey i got this php code:

Code:

<?php
/* Minecraft 1.4+ server list ping script
 
 
For usage and distribution information, see: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html */
 
$host = "83.82.235.30"; //IP/host of Minecraft server
$port = 25565; //Minecraft server port, not query port
$socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP); //Create the socket
$connected = socket_connect($socket, $host, $port); //Try and connect using the info provided above
 
if (!$connected)
    die("Could not connect to server."); //No connection could be established
 
socket_send($socket, "\xFE\x01", 2, 0); //Send the server list ping request (two bytes)
$retVal = socket_recv($socket, &$data, 1024, 0); //Get the info and store it in $data
socket_close($socket); //Close socket
 
if ($retVal != false && substr($data, 0, 1) == "\xFF") //Ensure we're getting a kick message as expected
{
    $data = substr($data, 9); //Remove packet, length and starting characters
    $data = explode("\x00\x00", $data); //0000 separated info
    $protocolVersion = $data[0]; //Get it all into separate variables
    $serverVersion = $data[1];
    $motd = $data[2];
    $playersOnline = $data[3];
    $playersMax = $data[4];
}
else
{
    die("Can't ping to the server"); //Either retVal was false or we didn't get a kick message
}
 
//Example usage:
echo ("Version: $serverVersion Players online: $playersOnline/$playersMax");
?>

But when he can't ping to the server the hole webpage stop with loading :s

Does someone now why and how it can be fixed?

 

Need to ask the owner of the code.

 

the socket_connect has no timeout option. Resulting in a page that never loads because it can't connect.

Have the author use fsocketopen or set_socket_options, or possbily socket_set_noblock that does not interrupt the script and returns a false if it cant connect.