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pg_ping

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(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Ping database connection

Description

pg_ping(PgSql\Connection|null $connection = null): bool

pg_ping() pings a database connection and tries to reconnect it if it is broken.

Parameters

connection: Connection-with-nullable-default

Return Values

Success

Changelog

Version	Description
8.0.0	`connection` is now nullable.

Examples

pg_ping() example

php

<?php 
$conn = pg_pconnect("dbname=publisher");
if (!$conn) {
  echo "An error occurred.\n";
  exit;
}

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