Moved InvalidSocketException from hub project, added determineExternalIp()

[core.git] / inc / classes / main / console / class_ConsoleTools.php

diff --git a/inc/classes/main/console/class_ConsoleTools.php b/inc/classes/main/console/class_ConsoleTools.php
index 2dfe18ff9da8feef36ceb7f16330fe52c51e0e0c..876f61ca68d638a7bd2e99fa2871619d413ff6e5 100644 (file)
--- a/inc/classes/main/console/class_ConsoleTools.php
+++ b/inc/classes/main/console/class_ConsoleTools.php
@@ -116,6 +116,41 @@ class ConsoleTools extends BaseFrameworkSystem {
                // Return the IP address
                return $ip;
        }
+
+       /**
+        * Determines own remote IP address (e.g. can be used to probe if we are
+        * reachable from outside by determining external IP and then connect to it.
+        * This is accomblished by connecting to the IP of www.ship-simu.org which
+        * should default to 217.172.186.31.
+        *
+        * This method is taken and lightly rewritten from a user comment on php.net:
+        * http://de.php.net/manual/en/function.socket-create.php#49368
+        *
+        * @param       $dest                           IP destination we should connect to
+        * @param       $port                           Port destination we should connect to
+        * @return      $externalAddress        The determined external IP address
+        * @throws      InvalidSocketException  If socket initialization wents wrong
+        */
+       public function determineExternalIp ($dest = '217.172.186.31', $port = 80) {
+               // First get a socket
+               $socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, SOL_UDP);
+               if (!is_resource($socket)) {
+                       // Throw InvalidSocketException
+                       throw new InvalidSocketException (array($this, gettype($socket), 0, 'unknown'));
+               } // END - if
+
+               // Connect to the destination
+               socket_connect($socket, $dest, $port);
+
+               // Get the socket address (our external IP) and port (ignored)
+               socket_getsockname($socket, $externalAddress, $ourPort);
+
+               // Close the socket
+               socket_close($socket);
+
+               // Return determined external IP
+               return $externalAddress;
+       }
 }
 
 // [EOF]