Description

Execute a finger query on a server

Parameter

• string $server - The name of the server or the IP-adress

• string $query - The finger object to look up

Return value

string - the data from the finger request.

Throws

The returned PEAR_Error object in case of an error is unspecific, so you can ignore the error code and/or message. The reason for a failure could be a failed connection to the server or the server did not run a finger service.

Note

This function can be called statically.

Example

<?php

$server = "localhost" ; // or IP adress to use
$query  = "ralph" ;     // Username to look up

$data = Net_Finger::query( $server, $query) ;
echo $data ; 

?>