[FX.php List] Catch FileMaker Server before it dies?

[Bob Patin]

I have a little script I use that will send me an error message if a web server's WPE isn't responding; what I do is to use a test database that has a few records; if the WPE doesn't respond in a reasonable amount of seconds, I get an SMS and an email warning me that there was an issue. I use a robot machine (that does other robot duties too) to run this script every 3 minutes.

You could write some sort of script to do a simple find; if it doesn't return an error-free response, you could direct users to an error page. However, if the WPE geeks completely, you're not going to get a FileMaker error back, and perhaps Chris could tell you what sort of IF statement to write to catch that situation.

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On May 24, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Denis Somar wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm about to go into beta testing with my first production-worthy FMP web project.  I'm not sure of the load to expect (nothing huge initially) in terms of users, but I'm wondering if I can catch catch automatically when the site is under a heavy load so I know that it happens.  Are there any PHP calls that can be used to die gracefully (or not) and just say the database server isn't working/isn't responding.
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