Posted by Erwin Moller on 02/05/07 12:04

J.O. Aho wrote:

> Erwin Moller wrote:
>
>>> 1. Are there better ways to manage connections and easier data retrieval
>>> to ensure performance of the site under heavy load?
>>
>> PHP recycles its connection behind your back.
>> If scriptA.php connects to a database, a connection is build based on the
>> login-credentials (host, database, username, password, etc).
>>
>> If scriptB.php, scriptC.php, etc, use the same logincredentials, which is
>> almost always the case in webdriven databases, you'll find that they do
>> NOT need the connection/authentication overhead that scriptA.pp needed.
>
> That depends on which connect function you use, *_connect or *_pconnect.
>

True, I am talking about pconnect, but didn't say so anywhere, sloppy. :-/

Regards,
Erwin Moller

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