PHP | mysqli_ping() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP mysqli_ping() Function.

The PHP mysqli_ping() function accepts a connection object as a parameter, verifies the connection, if the connection is down then it reconnects to the server.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

mysqli_ping($con,[$host, $username, $passwd, $dname, $port, $socket, $flags] )

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Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameter & Description
1	con(Optional) This is an object representing a connection to MySQL Server.

Return Value

This built-in PHP function returns true if the operation was successful, otherwise false on failure.

PHP Version

This PHP function was first introduced in PHP version 5 and it works in all the later versions.

Example1

The following below is an example which demonstrates the usage of the built-in PHP mysqli_ping() function (in procedural style) -

<?php
   //Creating the connection
   $con = mysqli_connect("localhost","root","password","test");

   $res = mysqli_ping($con);

   if($res){
      print("Successful.....");
   }else{
      print("Failed......");
   }
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

Successful.....

Example2

In object oriented style the syntax of this built-in PHP function is $con->ping(); The following is the example of this function in an object oriented style $minus;

<?php
   //Creating the connection
   $con = new mysqli("localhost","root","password","test");

   $res = $con->ping();

   if($res){
      print("Successful.....");
   }else{
      print("Failed......");
   }
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

Successful.....

Example3

The following below is another example of the built-in PHP mysqli_ping() function in an object oriented style $minus;

<?php
   $connection_mysql = mysqli_connect("localhost","root","password","mydb");
   
   if (mysqli_connect_errno($connection_mysql)){
      echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
   }
   
   if (mysqli_ping($connection_mysql)){
      echo "Connection is ok!"."\n";
   }else{
      echo "Error: ". mysqli_error($connection_mysql);
   }
   mysqli_close($connection_mysql);  
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

Connection is ok!
Connection was successful

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Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial, we are going to be discussing about the PHP mysqli_prepare() Function.

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