diff --git a/minecraft_status.php b/minecraft_status.php
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+<?php
+    function ping($host, $port, $timeout){return fSockOpen($host, $port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout);}
+
+	class ServerStatus {
+		private $status = array();
+		public function __construct($status) {$this->status = $status;}
+		public function getMOTD() {return $this->status["motd"];}
+		public function getVersion() {return $this->status["version"];}
+		public function getCurrentPlayers() {return $this->status["players"];}
+		public function getAddress() {return $this->status["address"];}
+	}
+	
+	class ServerStatusQuery {
+		public function __construct() {}
+		
+		public function getServerInfo($address = "127.0.0.1", $port = 25565, $timeout = 5) {
+			if(!filter_var($address, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP)) {$address = gethostbyname($address);}
+            $ping_start = microtime(true);
+			$socket = stream_socket_client("tcp://" . $address . ":" . $port, $errorNumber, $errorString, $timeout );
+			
+            if (!$socket) {return false;}
+            else {
+				stream_set_timeout($socket, $timeout );
+				fwrite ($socket, "\XFE\01");
+				$data = fread( $socket, 2048);
+				fclose($socket);
+				$ping = microtime(true) - $ping_start;
+				if($data == null) {return false;}
+			
+				if (substr((String) $data, 3, 5) == "\00\xa7\x00\x31\x00") {
+					$content = explode( "\x00", mb_convert_encoding(substr((String)$data, 15), 'UTF-8', 'UCS-2' ) );
+					$content[1] = preg_replace("/(§.)/", "",$content[1]);
+				}
+                else {
+					$content = explode('§', mb_convert_encoding(substr((String)$data, 3), 'UTF-8', 'UCS-2'));
+                    $content[1] = "";
+                    foreach ($content as $key => $string) {
+                        if($key != sizeof($content)-1 && $key != sizeof($content)-2 && $key != 0) {$content[1] .= '§'.$string;}
+                    }
+                    $content[1] = preg_replace("/(§.)/", "", $content[1]);
+				}
+				$content[1] = preg_replace("/[^[:alnum:][:punct:] ]/", "", $content[1]);
+				
+				$info = array(
+                    "version"		=>	$content[1],
+					"motd"  		=>	$content[2],
+					"players"	    =>	$content[3],
+					"address"		=>	$address
+				);
+					
+				return new ServerStatus($info);
+			}
+		}
+	};
+?>