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                                    pg_ping

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

Description

   bool pg_ping ( resource connection)

   pg_ping() ping database connection, try to reconnect if it is broken.
   It returns TRUE if connection is alive, otherwise FALSE.

   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() and pg_connection_reset().
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