mysql_pconnect Open a persistent connection to a MySQL server &mysql.alternative.note; mysqli_connect with p: host prefix PDO::__construct with PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT as a driver option &reftitle.description; resourcemysql_pconnect stringserverini_get("mysql.default_host") stringusernameini_get("mysql.default_user") stringpasswordini_get("mysql.default_password") intclient_flags0 Establishes a persistent connection to a MySQL server. mysql_pconnect acts very much like mysql_connect with two major differences. 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 (mysql_close will not close links established by mysql_pconnect). This type of link is therefore called 'persistent'. &reftitle.parameters; server The MySQL server. It can also include a port number. e.g. "hostname:port" or a path to a local socket e.g. ":/path/to/socket" for the localhost. If the PHP directive mysql.default_host is undefined (default), then the default value is 'localhost:3306' username The username. Default value is the name of the user that owns the server process. password The password. Default value is an empty password. client_flags The client_flags parameter can be a combination of the following constants: 128 (enable LOAD DATA LOCAL handling), MYSQL_CLIENT_SSL, MYSQL_CLIENT_COMPRESS, MYSQL_CLIENT_IGNORE_SPACE or MYSQL_CLIENT_INTERACTIVE. &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns a MySQL persistent link identifier on success, or &false; on failure. &reftitle.changelog; &Version; &Description; 4.3.0 Added the client_flags parameter. &reftitle.notes; Note, that these kind of links only work if you are using a module version of PHP. See the Persistent Database Connections section for more information. Using persistent connections can require a bit of tuning of your Apache and MySQL configurations to ensure that you do not exceed the number of connections allowed by MySQL. You can suppress the error message on failure by prepending a @ to the function name. &reftitle.seealso; mysql_connect Persistent Database Connections