ifx_pconnect Open persistent Informix connection intifx_pconnect stringdatabase stringuserid stringpassword Returns: A positive Informix persistent link identifier on success, or &false; on error ifx_pconnect acts very much like ifx_connect with two major differences. This function behaves exactly like ifx_connect when PHP is not running as an Apache module. First, when connecting, the function would first try to find a (persistent) link that's already open with the same host, username and password. If one is found, an identifier for it will be returned instead of opening a new connection. Second, the connection to the SQL server will not be closed when the execution of the script ends. Instead, the link will remain open for future use (ifx_close will not close links established by ifx_pconnect). This type of links is therefore called 'persistent'. See also: ifx_connect.