RE: [PHP-DEV] Bug #729: mysql_connect reuses connection ids

At 12:34 09/09/98 -0400, Shane Caraveo wrote: >It only re-uses when connecting to the same database. Why have multiple >connections to the same database? It just creates more overhead in your >script, your doubling (or more) you connections so you will run out of >connections faster, and if coding carefully, there just is no need for it. It causes problems since you can't 'black-box' any code portion that connects to an SQL server and disconnects from it, since disconnecting may close other instances of that same link, outside the black-boxed code. Zeev -- Zeev Suraski <zeev@php.net> For a PGP public key, finger bourbon@netvision.net.il -- PHP Development Mailing List http://www.php.net/ To unsubscribe send an empty message to php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For help: php-dev-help@lists.php.net