address of the mysql host * 'username' => mysql user * 'password' => password of the mysql user * ); */ $CONFIG = array( 'hostname' => 'localhost', 'username' => 'root', 'password' => '' ); // connect to database $conn = @mysqli_connect( $CONFIG['hostname'], $CONFIG['username'], $CONFIG['password'] ); if (!$conn) { die("FAILURE: ". mysqli_connect_error($conn) ."\n"); } // run query $sql = "SHOW STATUS"; $result = @mysqli_query($conn, $sql); if (!$result) { die("FAILURE: " . mysqli_error($conn) ."\n"); } else { while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result, MYSQLI_ASSOC)) { $status[ $row['Variable_name'] ] = $row['Value']; } echo "OK: Mysql Server Uptime ". $status['Uptime'] ." seconds \n"; } // close connection mysqli_close($conn); ?>