pg_ping Ping database connection &reftitle.description; boolpg_ping PgSql\Connectionnullconnection&null; pg_ping pings a database connection and tries to reconnect it if it is broken. &reftitle.parameters; connection &pgsql.parameter.connection-with-nullable-default; &reftitle.returnvalues; &return.success; &reftitle.changelog; &Version; &Description; &pgsql.changelog.connection-object; 8.0.0 connection is now nullable. &reftitle.examples; <function>pg_ping</function> example ]]> &reftitle.seealso; pg_connection_status pg_connection_reset