pg_ping

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)

pg_ping -- Ping database connection

Description

bool pg_ping ( resource connection )

pg_ping() ping database connection, try to reconnect if it is broken. It returns TRUE if connection is alive, otherwise FALSE.

Examples

Example 1. pg_ping() example

<?php
$conn
= pg_pconnect("dbname=publisher");
if (!
$conn) {
  echo
"An error occured.\n";
  exit;
}

if (!
pg_ping($conn))
  die(
"Connection is broken\n");
?>

See Also

pg_connection_status()
pg_connection_reset()