PHP 7.0.6 Released

pg_connection_status

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)

pg_connection_status Get connection status

Description

int pg_connection_status ( resource $connection )

pg_connection_status() returns the status of the specified connection.

Parameters

connection

PostgreSQL database connection resource.

Return Values

PGSQL_CONNECTION_OK or PGSQL_CONNECTION_BAD.

Examples

Example #1 pg_connection_status() example

<?php
  $dbconn 
pg_connect("dbname=publisher") or die("Could not connect");
  
$stat pg_connection_status($dbconn);
  if (
$stat === PGSQL_CONNECTION_OK) {
      echo 
'Connection status ok';
  } else {
      echo 
'Connection status bad';
  }    
?>

See Also

User Contributed Notes

Mathieu De Zutter
9 years ago
Being careful with the comparison operators is not enough:

<?php
if (pg_connection_status($link)===PGSQL_CONNECTION_BAD)
  
reconnect($link);
?>

The reconnect won't be trigged when $link is null.

The manual is just wrong, there are three return values: PGSQL_CONNECTION_OK, PGSQL_CONNECTION_BAD, null
zytox at hotmail dot com
11 years ago
If the connection variable is NULL this function returns 0 in PHP 5.0.2. Havent figured out any more erratic values for the connection variable but be careful.
david dot tulloh at infaze dot com dot au
10 years ago
I think zytox is incorrect, at least in PHP 5.0.4.
It returns null, but you have to be careful with your comparison operators.

As an example:
<?php
unset($null);
if (
pg_connection_status($null)===PGSQL_CONNECTION_OK)
    echo
'this is not called';
if (
pg_connection_status($null)==PGSQL_CONNECTION_OK)
    echo
'this is called because NULL==0 is true';
?>
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