about mysql_ping() function

2008-12-29 Thread raid fifa
Hi guys, I used mysql_ping() function in my program. But when I unplug the network wire between client and MySQL server, my program has no response as mysql_ping() can not return value and hanged there. Is this a bug of mysql_ping() ? or any other advice? thanks!!! *^_^*

Re: about mysql_ping() function

2008-12-29 Thread Warren Young
raid fifa wrote: Is this a bug of mysql_ping() ? or any other advice? Probably not. I think you'll find that it *does* time out, just after a longer period than you'd prefer. Timeouts of 30, 60 and 120 seconds are common in network code, because it's not possible to reliably determine