$domain='softgroups21.com'; / invalid domain name $fp = fsockopen($domain, 80, $errno, $errstr, 5); if (!$fp) { echo "dead 404";exit; } else { echo "$domain ---- working?!";} it's reporting to me as working!!!!
I'm assuming your / in the first line is supposed to be a // The code worked fine for me; it printed "dead 404"