mcstat

PHP class, web page, CLI tool, and Munin plugin to get information from a Minecraft server.

Protocol Support

mcstat supports Server List Ping as seen in 1.7 and later, and 1.5.2. Server List Ping 1.5.2 works for older Minecraft servers (all the way back to 1.4.2), while the 1.7 Server List Ping should be used for newer setups. mcstat also supports the UDP full and basic Query protocols.

Usage

minecraftusers — A Munin plugin

Screenshot of the minecraft_users_ plugin

Install minecraftusers like any other munin plugin:

$ make # This create a stand-alone minecraft_users_ script
# cp minecraft_users_ /usr/share/munin/plugins/minecraft_users_
# chmod 755 /usr/share/munin/plugins/minecraft_users
# ln -s /usr/share/munin/plugins/minecraft_users_ \
    /etc/munin/plugins/minecraft_users_<hostname>:<port>
# service munin-node reload

No configuration is necessary because minecraftusers is a wildcard plugin.

mcstat as a Program

mcstat_program.php is a script for querying Minecraft servers. You can install a stand-alone version like so:

$ make
$ cp mcstat ~/bin/mcstat

It's very simple and gets the job done:

$ mcstat uberminecraft.com
uberminecraft.com 1.7.4 2714/5000 131ms
Uberminecraft Cloud | 22 Games
1.7 Play Now!

Please note: TERM must be set to a known terminal, otherwise php spams stderr unconditionally.

stat.php

stat.php is a simple web page that lets users query a given server. Note: stat.php shouldn't be used on a public server as it's not well tested!

Screenshot of stat.php

Usage as a PHP Class

php > require_once './mcstat.php';
php > $m = new MinecraftStatus('Uberminecraft.com');
php > var_dump($m->ping());
array(6) {
  ["player_count"]=>
  string(4) "2026"
  ["player_max"]=>
  string(4) "5000"
  ["motd"]=>
  string(62) "§aUberminecraft §aCloud §6| §c22 Games§b
§l1.7 Play Now!"
  ["server_version"]=>
  string(5) "1.7.4"
  ["protocol_version"]=>
  string(1) "8"
  ["latency"]=>
  float(150)
}

Testing

The testing script requires bash, phpunit, and java. The tests are ran against against a live server running on localhost.

Run the script as follows:

make test

By default testrunner.sh tests against all server versions 1.4.2 and later. Override this like so:

env Versions='1.7.4 1.7.5' make test

As of commit 979fed97d06a35a96af9195e7750ea1648602154, basicQuery, fullQuery, and serverListPing all pass.

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