weblog_ping( string $server = '', string $path = '' )

Parameters

$serverstringoptional

Host of blog to connect to.Default: ''

$pathstringoptional

Path to send the ping.Default: ''

Uses · 5

• get_bloginfo()Retrieves information about the current site.
• trailingslashit()Appends a trailing slash.
• home_url()Retrieves the URL for the current site where the front end is accessible.
• get_option()Retrieves an option value based on an option name.
• WP_HTTP_IXR_Client::__construct()

Used by · 1

• generic_ping()Sends pings to all of the ping site services.

Source

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3690function weblog_ping( $server = '', $path = '' ) {3691	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-IXR.php';3692	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-http-ixr-client.php';3693 3694	// Using a timeout of 3 seconds should be enough to cover slow servers.3695	$client             = new WP_HTTP_IXR_Client( $server, ( ( ! strlen( trim( $path ) ) || ( '/' === $path ) ) ? false : $path ) );3696	$client->timeout    = 3;3697	$client->useragent .= ' -- WordPress/' . get_bloginfo( 'version' );3698 3699	// When set to true, this outputs debug messages by itself.3700	$client->debug = false;3701	$home          = trailingslashit( home_url() );3702	if ( ! $client->query( 'weblogUpdates.extendedPing', get_option( 'blogname' ), $home, get_bloginfo( 'rss2_url' ) ) ) { // Then try a normal ping.3703		$client->query( 'weblogUpdates.ping', get_option( 'blogname' ), $home );3704	}3705}

History

Introduced in 1.2.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

1. 6.7.7
2. 6.8.8
3. 6.9.7
4. 7.0.4
5. 7.1.0

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