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                                  pg_get_pid

   (PHP 4 >= 4.3.0)
   pg_get_pid -- Ping database connection

Description

   int pg_get_pid ( resource connection)

   pg_get_pid() gets backend (database server process) PID. PID is useful
   to check if NOTIFY message is sent from other process or not.

   Example 1. PostgreSQL backend PID
   <?php
   $conn = pg_pconnect("dbname=publisher");
   if (!$conn) {
       echo "An error occured.\n";
       exit;
   }
   // Backend process PID. Use PID with pg_get_notify()
   $pid = pg_get_pid($conn);
   ?>

   See also pg_get_notify().
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