test connection

[hykc]

hi,

if my website on server1 and DB on server2
how can i test the availbility of server2 when i try to connect o my DB from server1.
so that i can echo appropriate message, thanks

[laserlight]

Would it be possible to attempt to connect to the database?
Then if it fails, it would also be apparent that the database is unavailable.

[hykc]

can i do something like?

$myconn = mysql_connect("localhost", $username, $password);
if (!$myconn)
{
header("location:db_busy.html");
}
else
{
mysql_select_db($db_myconn, $myconn);
}

[laserlight]

well, I suppose you could do that.