This function is for connecting to a pair of MySQL fail over servers. It tries to connect to the first availiable server in the array list of $mysql_servers and so on. The main use for this function is for MySQL servers in a two way replication setup. The client can read from any of the servers using the normal mysql_connect function but for writing mysql_rep_connect is safer in that it only addresses one server at a time, thus preventing data conflict. Add set-variable = max_connect_errors=2147483647 to avoid problems.

By : Rival7

<?php
/*
Description: Connect to the first available mysql master server
Author: Nathan Cassano
License: Public
*/
function mysql_rep_connect(){
$timeout = 15;
$mysql_servers = array(
array("mysql1.yourdomain.tdl", "username", "password"),
array("mysql2.yourdomain.tdl, "username", "password")
);

$connection = false;
foreach($mysql_servers as $server){
list($hostname, $username, $passwd) = $server;

if($fp = fsockopen($hostname, 3306, &$errno, &$errstr, $timeout)){
fclose($fp);
$connection = @mysql_pconnect($hostname, $username, $passwd);
if($connection > 0)break;
}
}
return $connection;
}

?>

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