pg_ping

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)

pg_pingPing 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

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