PHP mysqli_ping() Function

Object oriented style

bool mysqli::ping ( void )

Procedural style

bool mysqli_ping ( mysqli $link )

Checks whether the connection to the server is working. If it has gone down and global option mysqli.reconnect is enabled, an automatic reconnection is attempted.

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.

The mysqli_ping() function pings a server connection, or tries to reconnect if the connection has gone down.

Examples -

Object oriented style

Procedural style

The above examples will output:

Our connection is ok!

ParameterDescription
linkProcedural style only: A link identifier returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure..