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pg_ping

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)

pg_ping -- Ping database connection

Description

bool pg_ping ( [resource connection] )

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

pg_ping

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