pg_ping
    (PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)
pg_ping -- Ping database connection
Description
bool 
pg_ping ( [resource connection] )
   pg_ping() pings a database connection and tries to
   reconnect it if it is broken.
  
Parameters
   
- connection
 
       PostgreSQL database connection resource.  When 
       connection is not present, the default connection 
       is used. The default connection is the last connection made by 
       pg_connect() or pg_pconnect().
      
 
  Return Values
   Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
  
Examples
   
Example 1. pg_ping() example 
<?php  $conn = pg_pconnect("dbname=publisher"); if (!$conn) {   echo "An error occured.\n";   exit; }
  if (!pg_ping($conn))   die("Connection is broken\n"); ?>
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