Re: ignore-user-abort and connection-handling

On Thu, August 23, 2007 12:04 pm, Jason Pruim wrote: > One of these days someone is going to get sick of hearing from me, > but until that day comes I have another question :) > > I asked on a MySQL list about wether it's better to have 1 database > with many tables, or many databases with 1 table for my address list > application I'm writing. > > One of the people there asked me about "terminating the TCP > connections and ensuring that each PHP script runs to completion" to > keep the database in good condition. > > He recommened looking at the ignore-user-abort and connection- > handling functions in php... > > So now the question, Do I have to worry if a user hits the stop > button in their browser before the script finishes? Will It corrupt > the database or causing undo havoc to my system? > > This is far past my knowledge, so references to how I would use > something like that properly would be greatly appreciated! :) It won't corrupt your data. It could tie up MySQL connections and make your server slower, I suppose. I'm not sure that ignore_user_abort is actually going to help, however... Start reading, I guess. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?