PHP MySQL/PostgreSQL Connection Test

db-test.php

<?php

/**
 * Database Connection Tester
 * A quick-and-dirty standalone script for checking PHP’s connection to a
 * MySQL (or MariaDB) or PostgreSQL database.
 *
 * To use, enter the settings below and run the following from your terminal:
 * ```
 * php -f db-test.php
 * ```
 */

$driver = 'mysql'; // 'mysql' or 'pgsql'
$database = '';
$username = '';
$password = '';
$host = '';
$port = $driver === 'mysql' ? 3306 : 5432;

/**
 * Ignore the stuff below this line.
 */
$numTables = 0;

echo "------------------------------------------------\n";
echo "Database Connection Test\n";
echo "PHP ".PHP_VERSION."\n";
echo "DB driver: $driver\n";
echo "------------------------------------------------\n";

if ($driver === 'mysql') {
    $connection = mysqli_connect($host, $username, $password, null, $port)
        or die("🚫 Unable to Connect to '$host'.\n\n");
    mysqli_select_db($connection, $database)
        or die("🚫 Connected but could not open db '$database'.\n\n");
    $result = mysqli_query($connection, "SHOW TABLES FROM `$database`");

    if ($result === false) {
        die("🚫 Couldn’t query '$database'.\n\n");
    }

    while($table = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
        $numTables++;
        //echo $table[0]."\n";
    }
} elseif ($driver === 'pgsql') {
    $connection = pg_connect("host=$host dbname=$database user=$username password=$password port=$port")
        or die("🚫 Unable to Connect to '$host'.\n\n");
    $result = pg_query(
        $connection,
        "SELECT table_schema || '.' || table_name
               FROM information_schema.tables
               WHERE table_type = 'BASE TABLE'
               AND table_schema NOT IN ('pg_catalog', 'information_schema');
        "
    );

    if ($result === false) {
        die("🚫 Couldn’t query '$database'.\n\n");
    }

    while($table = pg_fetch_array($result)) {
        $numTables++;
        //echo $table[0]."\n";
    }
} else {
    die("⛔ Invalid driver `$driver`; must be `mysql` or `pgsql`.\n\n");
}

if (!$numTables) {
    echo "🤷‍️ Connected but no tables found.\n\n";
} else {
    echo "👍 Connected and found $numTables tables.\n\n";
}

@mattstein I was using your script to ensure a Craft site should be able to connect to an external DB and discovered an issue. It was failing that it couldn't query the database. My database name has a hyphen in it which must be quoted when referenced. So, it was able to query once I wrapped the $database on line 37 in ticks.

Thanks @justinmacleod, just updated!