| Posted by rf on 04/29/07 13:48 
"john" <puopolo@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1177851382.764835.310600@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
 > All:
 >
 > I have a MS background and am having fun in the open source world of
 > PHP and MySQL --- and I have a question.
 >
 > With PHP and MySQL, is it considered better practice to open a single
 > database connection and re-use it throughout the life of the
 > application (simple Web application - low traffic), or is it better to
 > open a connection, use it and close it as needed?
 
 Define "application".
 
 In the context of the stateless http protocol there is no "application".
 There are only individual seperate request to get a specific page at a
 specific URL.
 
 --
 Richard.
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