php man page for mysqli_ping

Query: mysqli_ping

OS: php

Section: 3

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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! PHP Documentation Group MYSQLI_PING(3)
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