Question

How to check lost database connection by ping server connection with PHP

Answer 1

$db_host       = 'localhost';
$db_user       = 'username';
$db_pass       = 'password';
$db_database   = 'database_name';
  
$con = mysql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_password) or die('Unable to connect to DB');
mysql_select_db($db_database, $con);

if (!mysql_ping($con)) 
{
    echo 'Lost connection';
    exit;
}

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