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

> > I'm not sure "easy" is the word I'd use. If it's just a > matter of not > closing connections, sure. But my 'black-box' function uses a > different database than the rest of the page. Both > mysql_select_db() and mysql_db_query() change the database > that the connection is using, causing all subsequent queries to fail. > I was really quite astonished that a function with only locally- > scoped variables could have global side-effects! The only work- > around I'm aware of is to have any script that calls that > function use > mysql_select_db() afterwards. So much for the black box.. > Ohh, I thought you were wanting two connections to the same database. If we're connecting to different databases, we should not be overwriting connections. That is kind of realy bad. I dont think we should worry about any switch for this, we should make it default. Shane -- 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