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pg_ping
(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)
pg_ping — Ping database connection
Description
pg_ping
([ resource $connection
] ) : bool
pg_ping() pings a database connection and tries to reconnect it if it is broken.
Parameters
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().
Return Values
Returns TRUE
on success or FALSE
on failure.
Examples
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");?>
See Also
- pg_connection_status() - Get connection status
- pg_connection_reset() - Reset connection (reconnect)