ibase_pconnect Open a persistent connection to an InterBase database resourceibase_pconnect stringdatabase stringusername stringpassword stringcharset intbuffers intdialect stringrole ibase_pconnect acts very much like ibase_connect with two major differences. First, when connecting, the function will first try to find a (persistent) link that's already opened with the same parameters. If one is found, an identifier for it will be returned instead of opening a new connection. Second, the connection to the InterBase server will not be closed when the execution of the script ends. Instead, the link will remain open for future use (ibase_close will not close links established by ibase_pconnect). This type of link is therefore called 'persistent'. buffers was added in PHP 4.0.0. dialect was added in PHP 4.0.0. It is functional only with InterBase 6 and versions higher than that. role was added in PHP 4.0.0. It is functional only with InterBase 5 and versions higher than that. See also ibase_close and ibase_connect for the meaning of parameters passed to this function. They are exactly the same.