pg_ping

Description

pg_ping() ping database connection, try to reconnect if it is broken. It returns TRUE if connection is alive, otherwise FALSE.

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"); ?>

See also pg_connection_status() and pg_connection_reset().