PHP Functions Essential Reference

connection_aborted

int connection_aborted(void) 

Checks whether the remote client has disconnected.

Returns:

1 if the connection has been aborted; 0 for all other cases

Description:

connection_aborted() checks whether the remote client has disconnected, either because of a network error or via the browser’s stop functionality. This function can be used in conjunction with the register_shutdown_function() and ignore_user_abort() functions to allow developers to handle cases in which the client aborts the script before it completes running.

See also:

To deal with a terminated connection:

register_shutdown_function() 

To ignore user aborts:

ignore_user_abort() 

Version:

3.0.7+, 4.0b4+

Example:

Write a log message if the client aborts the script ...