Fatal error: Call to undefined function: getrawdata()

Alright, does anyone have any idea why I'd receive this error besides the function not being enabled on the server? I'm using a few different pieces of software, all using the same function for ping tests, traceroutes, etc, but I have one test that I can't get to run because it doesn't understand the same function that everything else on the server understands.

Excuse the rant Any ideas?

 

It's part of the PEAR library. Do you know if any of the other Pear functions work?

 

Yeah, other PEAR functions are definitely working 100% for other installed software. That's why I'm so confused

 

There is no other reason, php is pretty specific when it comes to error handling, it wouldn't lie, get in touch with your host, see if they upgeaded php recently and forgot to upgrade thier ext folder.

 

It's on a private server and I had my sysadmin look into it personally.

For reference: http://www.palsys.ca/tools/hostname.php

This traceroute test works, but the ping test returns that error. They are both using the same function (according to my sysadmin for this box),

Does that clarify anything at all, or is this still a case of 'it is what it is' and my sysadmin is wrong?

 

upload the following, try it in several places if you feel the need to.

<?
if(!function_exists("getrawdata"))
{
die("I cannot call getrawdata, at this directory on the server it is inaccessible");
}
else
{
die("I <b>CAN</b> call getrawdata.");
}
?>

PHP:

That should give you an answer.......

 

yeah thats frikking nasty, happend to me once: disabled some functions over night and the next day i had only black squares where some auto-generated graphics where before

 

Thanks for the code joe. I ran the test and it says pretty clearly that the function isn't accessible anywhere on this box. So it looks like my sysadmin is wrong. I'll leave it to him to get this worked out.

Thanks again for the help!

 

I can give you a way to ping other addresses there are several ways to do it, so if sysadmin really can't be bothered to help you, then pm me and I'll give you a script to find out what I can use that you do have.....

 

Nope, turns out it was a server issue, the sysadmin got it worked out. Thanks again for the help!