PHP FPM - check if running

The documentation on php fpm website says that php fpm is part for coe php as of 5.3.3

I am running 5.3.10, how can i check that it is working correctly? I thought it was a service that ran on a port?

Assuming you are on Linux, check if php-fpm is running by searching through the process list:

ps aux | grep php-fpm

If running over IP (as opposed to over Unix socket) then you can also check for the port:

netstat -an | grep :9000

Or using nmap:

nmap localhost -p 9000

Lastly, I've read that you can request the status, but in my experience this has proven unreliable:

/etc/init.d/php5-fpm status

For php7.0-fpm I call:

service php7.0-fpm status

php7.0-fpm start/running, process 25993

Now watch for the good part. The process name is actually php-fpm7.0

echo `/bin/pidof php-fpm7.0`

26334 26297 26286 26285 26282