Overview
KB
Technical FAQ
PHP Manual
CSS2 Manual
HTML Manual
JS Guide
JS Reference
PhpDock Manual
Nu-Coder Manual
PhpExpress Manual
PHP Joomla
Development
Learn PHP
 
<SolrClient::optimizeSolrClient::query>
^SolrClientLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

SolrClient::ping

(PECL solr >= 0.9.2)

SolrClient::ping — Checks if Solr server is still up

Description

public function SolrClient::ping(): SolrPingResponse

Checks if the Solr server is still alive. Sends a HEAD request to the Apache Solr server.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns a SolrPingResponse object on success and throws an exception on failure.

Errors/Exceptions

Throws SolrClientException if the client had failed, or there was a connection issue.

Throws SolrServerException if the Solr Server had failed to satisfy the request.

Examples

Example #1 SolrClient::ping() example

<?php
$options = array
(
    'hostname' => SOLR_SERVER_HOSTNAME,
    'login'    => SOLR_SERVER_USERNAME,
    'password' => SOLR_SERVER_PASSWORD,
    'port'     => SOLR_SERVER_PORT,
);

$client = new SolrClient($options);

$pingresponse = $client->ping();

?>

The above example will output something similar to:



<SolrClient::optimizeSolrClient::query>
^SolrClientLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026