Question

in my zf application i have base model class Application_Model, which connects to db and stores connection in registry.
part of code:

$db = Zend_Db::factory($registry['config']->$databaseAlias->db->adapter, $registry['config']->$databaseAlias->db->config->toArray());
        $db -> query('SET NAMES ' . $registry['config']->$databaseAlias->db->config->setnames);
        $db -> setFetchMode(Zend_Db::FETCH_OBJ);
        Zend_Registry::set('db', array($databaseAlias=>$db));

if mysql server is shut down, $db -> query('SET NAMES ' . $registry['config']->$databaseAlias->db->config->setnames); throws exception. that’s not what i want.
actualy i want to check somehow, if my database dead – do some actions;
is there any way to do so?

Answer 1

You could throw a try/catch around the db call, and if it gets into the catch, do the actions you want

try
{
    $db = Zend_Db::factory(
        $registry['config']->$databaseAlias->db->adapter,
        $registry['config']->$databaseAlias->db->config->toArray()
    );
    $db -> query('SET NAMES ' . $registry['config']->$databaseAlias->db->config->setnames);
    $db -> setFetchMode(Zend_Db::FETCH_OBJ);
    Zend_Registry::set('db', array($databaseAlias=>$db));
} catch( \Exception $e ) {
    // Database query failed, do logic here
}