pg_ping

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

Ping database connection

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().

Returns:

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples:

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");
?>