Re: Is this a mysql_connect() bug?

On 29 Jan 2005 tom soyer wrote: > I tried mysql_connect() function, and it won't reture FALSE if > connection failed. Instead, the script times out after 30 seconds and > displays an Fatal error message "Maximum execution time of 30 seconds > exceeded". I think the issue here is if the server does not respond it hits the execution time limit before the function returns. I use code like this: $olderr = error_reporting(0); set_error_handler('ignoreerrhandler'); $dbHandle = mysql_connect($dbHost, $dbUser, $pw); restore_error_handler(); error_reporting($olderr); ..... function ignoreerrhandler($errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline) { return; } You can also control the connection timeout with the mysql.connect_timeout setting in php.ini. -- Tom