pg_get_pid

(no version information, might be only in CVS)

pg_get_pid -- Ping database connection

Description

int pg_get_pid ( resource connection)

pg_get_pid() gets backend (database server process) PID. PID is useful to check if NOTIFY message is sent from other process or not.

See also pg_get_notify()

Example 1. PostgreSQL backend PID

<?php 
$conn = pg_pconnect ("dbname=publisher");
if (!$conn) {
    echo "An error occured.\n";
    exit;
}

// Backend process PID. Use PID with pg_get_notify()
$pid = pg_get_pid($conn);
?>