Checking server status

[Broseidon]

While I know this isn't directly game play related, I've been trying to write a little webpage to quickly check if the Haven and Hearth server is currently online. Currently the best I can do is ping the server and check the latency which gives a very poor idea of if the server is online or not, since it would appear that the server itself stays up even when the game is down. What would be the best way to get the status, preferably with PHP. (I've been unable to figure out exactly how the client does it, so I'm a little lost here.)

Thanks.

[loftar]

The best way is probably to check http://www.havenandhearth.com/portal/srv-state.

[Broseidon]

Looks like exactly what I need, thanks!