php man page for mysqli_ping

MYSQLI_PING(3)								 1							    MYSQLI_PING(3)

mysqli::ping - Pings a server connection, or tries to reconnect if the connection has gone down

       Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS
       bool mysqli::ping (void	)

DESCRIPTION
       Procedural style
       bool mysqli_ping (mysqli  $link)

	Checks	whether  the  connection to the server is working. If it has gone down, and global option mysqli.reconnect is enabled an automatic
       reconnection is attempted.

	This function can be used by clients that remain idle for a long while, to check whether the server has closed the connection  and  recon-
       nect if necessary.

PARAMETERS
	      o $
		link -Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by mysqli_connect(3) or mysqli_init(3)

RETURN VALUES
	Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      mysqli::ping example

	      Object oriented style

	      <?php
	      $mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

	      /* check connection */
	      if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
		  printf("Connect failed: %s
", $mysqli->connect_error);
		  exit();
	      }

	      /* check if server is alive */
	      if ($mysqli->ping()) {
		  printf ("Our connection is ok!
");
	      } else {
		  printf ("Error: %s
", $mysqli->error);
	      }

	      /* close connection */
	      $mysqli->close();
	      ?>

	      Procedural style

	      <?php
	      $link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");

	      /* check connection */
	      if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
		  printf("Connect failed: %s
", mysqli_connect_error());
		  exit();
	      }

	      /* check if server is alive */
	      if (mysqli_ping($link)) {
		  printf ("Our connection is ok!
");
	      } else {
		  printf ("Error: %s
", mysqli_error($link));
	      }

	      /* close connection */
	      mysqli_close($link);
	      ?>

	      The above examples will output:

	      Our connection is ok!

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