On 17.07.2007 09:13, Vince wrote:
> When this fails, I get a useful error print:
>
> $dbconn = pg_connect($connection_str);
>
> Ouput:
>
> Warning: pg_connect() [function.pg-connect]: Unable to connect to
> PostgreSQL server: FATAL: password authentication failed for user
> "postgres1" in ...
>
> How do I capture this error and handle the printing myself? I want to
> be able to know why it failed... ie password in this case.
This is a PHP, not a PostgreSQL question.
if (!pg_connect()) {
if (preg_match('/authentication\sfailed/', pg_last_error())) {
echo "Oh dear, you lost your password?\n";
} else if (true) {
echo "OMG, something else went wrong!\n";
}
}
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Regards,
Hannes Dorbath