shouldn't mysql_pconnect force reuse of mysql connections?

Hi, I have this function I call everytime I need to make a query from within my php-scripts: function db_connect ($user, $pwd, $db, $debug = 0) { $link = @mysql_pconnect("localhost", "$user", "$pwd"); if($link && mysql_select_db("$db")) if($debug == 1) { printf("Connection OK!"); } Return ($link); if($debug == 1) { printf("Connection not ok!"); } Return (FALSE); } I thought that making another or a third call to db_connect would reuse the same connection to the database, since I use mysql_pconnect() to connect. But listing the active processes indicates something else: +-------+-------+-----------+-------+---------+------+-------+-------------- ----+

| Id    | User  | Host      | db    | Command | Time | State | Info            |
+-------+-------+-----------+-------+---------+------+-------+-------------- ----+
| 64494 | thore | localhost | thore | Sleep   | 222  |       |                 |
| 64497 | thore | localhost | thore | Sleep   | 218  |       |                 |
| 64505 | thore | localhost | thore | Sleep   | 207  |       |                 |
| 64552 | thore | localhost | thore | Sleep   | 15   |       |                 |
| 64557 | thore | localhost | thore | Sleep   | 0    |       |                 |
| 64563 | thore | localhost | thore | Sleep   | 5    |       |                 |
| 64564 | thore | localhost |       | Query   | 0    |       | show processlist |
+-------+-------+-----------+-------+---------+------+-------+-------------- ----+

Have I misunderstood the process listing, the meaning of mysql_pconnect() or am I using mysql_pconnect() the wrong way when I call my function db_connect() before every query I make? -- anders thoresson