pg_ping
(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)
pg_ping — Ping database connection
Description
array 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.
See also pg_connection_status() and pg_connection_reset().
Example#1 PostgreSQL fetch array
<?php
$conn = pg_pconnect ("dbname=publisher");
if (!$conn) {
echo "An error occured.\n";
exit;
}
if (!pg_ping($conn))
die("Connection is broken\n");
?>