Re: Script Hangs on

At 07:21 6-6-01, you wrote:

>    $dbconn1 = @pg_connect ("host=$dbhost dbname=$dbname user=$dbuser
>password=$dbpasswd");
>
>Edit /usr/local/lib/php.ini and make sure persistent connections is
>turned off.

This will work, as long as the machine is up, but pgsql isn't. However, if the
machine isn't up, the timeout is tremendous.

Use this, or view source online at
http://melvyn.idg.nl/phpsources/db_connect_plus.phps:
<?
//These are included from the global application configuration
$cfg_vars['data_root']='/cgi-data';
$cfg_vars['appname']='your app';
$cfg_vars['appemail']='your app email sender';
$cfg_vars['pg_admin']='pgadmin@domain.com';

function db_connect_plus()
{
         global $cfg_vars;
         $primary='your_ip_primary';
         $secondary='your_ip_secondary';
         $port='your_port';
         $username='username';
         $password='blabla';
         $timeout=10;
         $now=time();
         $skipcheck=10;
         $primcheck=$cfg_vars[data_root].'/primary_down';
         $seccheck=$cfg_vars[data_root].'/secondary_down';
         $appname=$cfg_vars['appname'];
         $appemail=$cfg_vars['appemail'];
         $connect='pg_connect'; // Choose your connection type (db type +
persistent/not persistent) here.
         if(file_exists($primcheck))
         {
                 $lastmod=filemtime($primcheck);
                 if($now - $lastmod > $skipcheck)
                 {
                         if($sp=fsockopen($primary, $port, &$errno,
&$errstr, $timeout))
                         {
                                 fclose($sp);
                                 unlink($primcheck);
                                 $is_mailed=mail($cfg_vars[pg_admin],
"Primary $primary back up.", date("l dS of F Y h:i:s A", $now), "From:
$appname <$appemail>");
                                 return $connect($primary, $username,
$password);
                         }
                         else
                         {
                                 unlink($primcheck);
                                 touch($primcheck);
                                 mail($cfg_vars[pg_admin], "Primary
$primary down", "$errno\n$errstr", "From: $appname <$appemail>\nX-Priority:
1 (Highest)\nX-MSMail-Priority: High");
                         }
                 }
         }
         else
         {
                 if($sp=fsockopen($primary, $port, &$errno, &$errstr,
$timeout))
                 {
                         fclose($sp);
                         return $connect($primary, $username, $password);
                 }
                 else
                 {
                         touch($primcheck);
                         mail($cfg_vars[pg_admin], "Primary $primary down",
"$errno\n$errstr", "From: $appname <$appemail>\nX-Priority: 1
(Highest)\nX-MSMail-Priority: High");
                 }
         }
         //If we get this far, the primary is down, so do the secondary.
         if(file_exists($seccheck))
         {
                 $lastmod=filemtime($seccheck);
                 if($now - $lastmod > $skipcheck)
                 {
                         if($sp=fsockopen($secondary, $port, &$errno,
&$errstr, $timeout))
                         {
                                 fclose($sp);
                                 unlink($seccheck);
                                 mail($cfg_vars[pg_admin], "Secondary
$secondary back up.", date("l dS of F Y h:i:s A", $now), "From: $appname
<$appemail>");
                                 return $connect($secondary, $username,
$password);
                         }
                         else
                         {
                                 unlink($seccheck);
                                 touch($seccheck);
                                 mail($cfg_vars[pg_admin], "secondary
$secondary down", "$errno\n$errstr", "From: $appname
<$appemail>\nX-Priority: 1 (Highest)\nX-MSMail-Priority: High");
                         }
                 }
         }
         else
         {
                 if($sp=fsockopen($secondary, $port, &$errno, &$errstr,
$timeout))
                 {
                         fclose($sp);
                         return $connect($secondary, $username, $password);
                 }
                 else
                 {
                         touch($seccheck);
                         mail($cfg_vars[pg_admin], "secondary $secondary
down", "$errno\n$errstr", "From: $appname <$appemail>");
                 }
         }
         //if we get this far, both are down!
         return 0;
}

$cs=db_connect_plus();
if(!$cs)
{
         die("Oh oh - 2 database servers down. And you think you're
redundant..");
}
?>