I have Redis container running in Docker and I use phpredis to work with it. I wonder whether I can check if a connection can be established before calling 'connect' method? Because if Redis container is stopped and I have
$redis_client = new Redis(); $redis_client->connect( 'host_name', 'port_name', 5 );
I will get a warning that will impact application's performance. I know about 'ping' method but it is intended to check the connection after 'connect' is called.
I tried calling 'ping' before 'connect' and expected it will tell me whether connection is possible or not but in this case I got an exception from Redis ("Redis server went away").