php-doc-en/reference/mysqli/functions/mysqli-ping.xml
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<refentry id="function.mysqli-ping">
<refnamediv>
<refname>mysqli_ping</refname>
<refname>mysqli->ping</refname>
<refpurpose>
Pings a server connection, or tries to reconnect if the connection has gone down.
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>Procedural style:</para>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>bool</type><methodname>mysqli_ping</methodname>
<methodparam><type>object</type><parameter>link</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>Object oriented style (method):</para>
<classsynopsis>
<ooclass><classname>mysqli</classname></ooclass>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>bool</type><methodname>ping</methodname>
<void/>
</methodsynopsis>
</classsynopsis>
<para>
Checks whether the connection to the server is working. If it has gone
down, and global option <literal>mysqli.reconnect</literal> is enabled
an automatic reconnection is attempted.
</para>
<para>
This function can be used by clients that remain idle for a long while,
to check whether the server has closed the connection and reconnect if
necessary.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Return values</title>
<para>&return.success;</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Example</title>
<example>
<title>Object oriented style</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
/* check if server is alive */
if ($mysqli->ping()) {
printf ("Our connection is ok!\n");
} else {
printf ("Error: %s\n", $mysqli->error);
}
/* close connection */
$mysqli->close();
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
<example>
<title>Procedural style</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
/* check if server is alive */
if (mysqli_ping($link)) {
printf ("Our connection is ok!\n");
} else {
printf ("Error: %s\n", mysqli_error($link));
}
/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
<para>
The above examples would produce the following output:
</para>
<screen>
<![CDATA[
Our connection is ok!
]]>
</screen>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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