From 28e9242331900e9ac4353d9c5d34fa22ab1b50f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Egeberg <degeberg@php.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:10:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Clarifying how to use persistent connections in mysqli.

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@293632 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 reference/mysqli/persistconns.xml | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/reference/mysqli/persistconns.xml b/reference/mysqli/persistconns.xml
index 58e73ac551..eb8fdd8b91 100644
--- a/reference/mysqli/persistconns.xml
+++ b/reference/mysqli/persistconns.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
   connections every time one is required, as unused connections are
   cached and ready to be reused.
  </para>
+ 
+ <para>
+  Unlike the mysql extension, mysqli does not provide a separate function
+  for opening persistent connections. To open a persistent connection you
+  must prepend <literal>p:</literal> to the hostname when connecting.
+ </para>
 
  <para>
   The problem with persistent connections is that they can be left in