sybase_pconnect open persistent Sybase connection intsybase_pconnect stringservername stringusername stringpassword stringcharset Returns: A positive Sybase persistent link identifier on success, or &false; on error sybase_pconnect acts very much like sybase_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 (sybase_close will not close links established by sybase_pconnect()). This type of links is therefore called 'persistent'.