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

[Anders Monsen]

Bob,

What PHP function do you use for the SMS? When I set up something 
similar recently the PHP send mail script failed to send any mail using 
working SMTP settings.

I ended up creating a web page that logged successes and failures in a 
db and running a server side script that would send the email, which has 
the downside of a delay.

However, I also run a cron which checks the WPE process and starts this 
up via the command line, so if everything works no intervention is 
required by the DBA.

Anders


On 5/24/12 4:12 PM, Bob Patin wrote:
> 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:
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>> 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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