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.
mysql_ping
(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)
mysql_ping — 서버 접속을 검사하고 접속이 없으면 재접속한다
설명
bool mysql_ping
([ resource
$link_identifier
] )서버로의 접속이 정상적으로 동작하는지 점검한다. 접속이 종료되었다면 자동으로 재접속을 시도한다. 이 함수는 스크립트에서 사용된 이후 오랜 시간동안 멈추어 있을 때때, 접속이 종료되지 않았는지 점검하고 필요시에는 재접속을 하는 용도로 사용된다.
Note:
MySQL 5.0.13부터, 자동 재접속 기능은 사라졌습니다.
인수
-
link_identifier -
MySQL 연결. 지정하지 않으면 mysql_connect()로 연 마지막 연결을 사용합니다. 연결이 없으면, 인수 없이 mysql_connect()를 호출하여 연결을 만듭니다. 연결이 성립되지 않으면
E_WARNING등급의 오류를 생성합니다.
반환값
MySQL 서버와의 접속이 정상적이면 TRUE를 그렇지 않다면 FALSE를 반환한다.
예제
Example #1 mysql_ping() 예제
<?php
set_time_limit(0);
$conn = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysqluser', 'mypass');
$db = mysql_select_db('mydb');
/* Assuming this query will take a long time */
$result = mysql_query($sql);
if (!$result) {
echo 'Query #1 failed, exiting.';
exit;
}
/* Make sure the connection is still alive, if not, try to reconnect */
if (!mysql_ping($conn)) {
echo 'Lost connection, exiting after query #1';
exit;
}
mysql_free_result($result);
/* So the connection is still alive, let's run another query */
$result2 = mysql_query($sql2);
?>
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User Contributed Notes 7 notes
cybot2000 at yahoo dot de ¶
19 years ago
alext at marketdream dot com dot mx ¶
15 years ago
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.
dustin hawkins ¶
18 years ago
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....
?>
miro dot dietiker at md-systems dot ch ¶
17 years ago
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...
Doug ¶
14 years ago
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.
vinicius at teracom dot com dot br ¶
20 years ago
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.
