mysql_ping

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PECL mysql:1.0)

mysql_ping — Проверяет соединение с сервером и пересоединяется при необходимости

Описание

bool mysql_ping ([ resource $link_identifier ] )

mysql_ping() проверяет соединение с сервером. Если оно утеряно, автоматически предпринимается попытка пересоединения. Эта функция может быть использована в скриптах, работающих на протяжении долгого времени. mysql_ping() возвращает TRUE, если соединение в рабочем состоянии и FALSE в противном случае.

См. также mysql_thread_id() и mysql_list_processes().

Коментарии

Is important to remember that if your first connection to mysql don't works, mysql_ping will always return true! So, if you want to check if mysql is connected, first of all you must check if mysql_connect do not returns false and then you can begin to check mysql_ping.
2004-03-16 09:35:00
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It should be noted that mysql_ping() seems to reset the error message on the server.
I used it to check whether the connection was still alive before reading the error message via mysql_error() and it always returned an empty string. Upon removing the connection check everything worked.
2005-05-25 19:44:23
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Автор:
When using the mysql_ping command under php 5.1.2 and mysql 5.0, I was having problems with the auto-reconnect "feature", mainly that when the connection was severed, a mysql_ping would not automatically re-establish the connection to the database.

The connection to the DB is dropped when the time without a query excedes the wait_timeout value in my.cnf. You can check your wait_timeout by running the query "SHOW VARIABLES;"

If you're having problems auto-reconnecting when the connection is dropped, use this code:

<?php

$conn 
mysql_connect('localhost','user','pass');
mysql_select_db('db',$conn);

if (!
mysql_ping ($conn)) {
   
//here is the major trick, you have to close the connection (even though its not currently working) for it to recreate properly.
   
mysql_close($conn);
   
$conn mysql_connect('localhost','user','pass');
   
mysql_select_db('db',$conn);
}

//run queries knowing that your connection is alive....

?>
2006-07-31 15:32:47
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When checking if a $resource works...
be prepared that mysql_ping returns NULL as long as $resource is no correct mysql resource.
<?php
$resource 
=NULL;
var_dump = @mysql_ping($resource);
# showing NULL
?>
This could be used to decide of a current $resource is a mysql or a mysqli connection when nothing else is available to do that...
2007-08-31 14:32:24
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mysql_ping() is really helpful when you have this annoying error:

MYSQL Error 2006 Server has gone away

For CI users:
In 1.7.2 version of codeigniter, there is a function 

$this->db->reconnect() 

that uses mysql_ping() to reestablish the timed out connection.

This function is specially useful when developing social media sites that uses hundreds of connections to the db such asinserting or selecting.
2009-09-29 11:28:10
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Автор:
This function *does not* attempt to reconnect at this time.  It only tells you whether or not you currently *are* connected.

To actually reconnect, you will have to implement this yourself in a wrapper class.
2010-04-19 11:24:45
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