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<refentry xml:id="function.msql-connect" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>msql_connect</refname>
  <refpurpose>Open mSQL connection</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>resource</type><methodname>msql_connect</methodname>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>hostname</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>msql_connect</function> establishes a connection to a mSQL 
   server.
  </para>
  <para>
   If a second call is made to <function>msql_connect</function> with
   the same arguments, no new link will be established, but instead, the 
   link identifier of the already opened link will be returned.
  </para>
  <para>
   The link to the server will be closed as soon as the execution of the 
   script ends, unless it's closed earlier by explicitly calling
   <function>msql_close</function>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>hostname</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The hostname can also include a port number. e.g. 
       <literal>hostname,port</literal>.
      </para>
      <para>
       If not specified, the connection is established by the means of a Unix
       domain socket, being then more efficient then a localhost TCP socket 
       connection.
      </para>
      <note>
       <para>
        While this function will accept a colon (<literal>:</literal>) as a
        host/port separator, a comma (<literal>,</literal>) is the preferred
        method.
       </para>
      </note>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns a positive mSQL link identifier on success, or &false; on
   error.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>msql_pconnect</function></member>
    <member><function>msql_close</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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