(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)
pg_ping — Ping database connection
$connection
] )pg_ping() pings a database connection and tries to reconnect it if it is broken.
connection
PostgreSQL database connection resource. When
connection is not present, the default connection
is used. The default connection is the last connection made by
pg_connect() or pg_pconnect().
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Example #1 pg_ping() example
<?php
$conn = pg_pconnect("dbname=publisher");
if (!$conn) {
echo "An error occurred.\n";
exit;
}
if (!pg_ping($conn))
die("Connection is broken\n");
?>