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.
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_WARNING 등급의 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);
?>
Doug
19-Apr-2010 08:24
alext at marketdream dot com dot mx
29-Sep-2009 08:28
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.
luky37
03-Feb-2009 11:15
If you get 'error 2006: MySQL server has gone away' messages when running (really) long scripts, mysql_ping will help detecting the loss of the db-connection. This can happen, when 'wait timeout' is reached (MySQL default is 8 hours).
oscar at bitagenda dot com
02-Oct-2007 04:10
Very confusing description.
... If it has gone down, an automatic reconnection is attempted
(But the function returns only true or false, so if you have variable say $link = connection resource, it will be an invalid resource)
Then ...
... Note: Since MySQL 5.0.13, automatic reconnection feature is disabled.
OK, if it returns false, I have the chance to reconnect updating my resource variable
$link = reconnect
But I did called the function with $link to do the check, so ...
If no such link is found, it will try to create one as if mysql_connect() was called with no arguments (this are different arguments than automatic reconnection, doesn't it? I think, automatic reconnecting, say to $link, would be with its own arguments previously used to create the connection)
So bad decision about automatic recconection feature disabled ...
At least the function should have the param by reference, so in case it reconnects with a new link_identifier.
bool mysql_ping ( &[resource $link_identifier] )
Or a return value of link_identifier, not true.
if ($link=mysql_ping($link)) {...} else { whatever }
miro dot dietiker at md-systems dot ch
31-Aug-2007 11:32
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...
dustin hawkins
31-Jul-2006 12:32
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....
?>
cybot2000 at yahoo dot de
25-May-2005 04:44
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.
vinicius at teracom dot com dot br
16-Mar-2004 07:35
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.
