ifx_pconnect Open persistent Informix connection &reftitle.description; resourceifx_pconnect stringdatabase stringuserid stringpassword ifx_pconnect acts very much like ifx_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 (ifx_close will not close links established by ifx_pconnect). This type of links is therefore called 'persistent'. &reftitle.parameters; All of the arguments are optional, and if they're missing, defaults are taken from values supplied in &php.ini; (ifx.default_host for the host (Informix libraries will use INFORMIXSERVER environment value if not defined), ifx.default_user for user, ifx.default_password for the password (none if not defined). database The database name, as a string. userid The username, as a string. password The password, as a string. &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns: valid Informix persistent link identifier on success, or &false; on errors. &reftitle.seealso; ifx_connect