(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)
pg_ping() ping database connection, try to reconnect if it is broken. It returns TRUE if connection is alive, otherwise FALSE.
Beispiel 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().