echo "Atempting to ping $1";
echo "use 'Ctrl+c' several times to quit!";

while ! ping -c 1 -w 1 $1 &> /dev/null; do echo "No responce yet!"; done

echo "Pinged $1 successfuly.";


php script to call it.

<?php
   $out = shell_exec("my-ping yahoo.com");
   echo $out;
?>