#40032 [NEW]: mysql_ping does not reconnect

From: federico at galassi dot net Operating system: Gentoo linux PHP version: 5.2.0 PHP Bug Type: MySQL related Bug description: mysql_ping does not reconnect Description: ------------ When mysql server closes the connection, for example because of wait_timeout configuration parameter, mysql_ping always returns false and never reconnects to mysql. Using the link gives "MySQL server has gone away" error. Reproduce code: --------------- /* set wait_timeout = 10 and restart mysql then run this php script */ $db = mysql_connect(...); // succeeds sleep(15); while (!mysql_ping($db)) { echo "ping failed\n"; } echo "connected\n"; mysql_close($db); Expected result: ---------------- loop ends and script prints "connected\n" Actual result: -------------- loop never ends -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=40032&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40032&r=mysqlcfg