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
pg_connection_status
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
pg_connection_status — Restituisce lo stato di una connessione
Descrizione
int pg_connection_status
( resource
$connessione
)pg_connection_status() restituisce lo stato di una connessione. I possibili valori sono PGSQL_CONNECTION_OK e PGSQL_CONNECTION_BAD.
Vedere anche pg_connection_busy().
Mathieu De Zutter ¶
6 years ago
david dot tulloh at infaze dot com dot au ¶
7 years ago
I think zytox is incorrect, at least in PHP 5.0.4.
It returns null, but you have to be careful with your comparison operators.
As an example:
<?php
unset($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';
?>
zytox at hotmail dot com ¶
8 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.
