Ping database connection pg_pconnect pg_port PostgreSQL Functions PHP Manual pg_ping (PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)pg_ping — Ping database connection Description 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(). Return Values Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. Examples Example #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() pg_connection_reset() pg_pconnect pg_port PostgreSQL Functions PHP Manual