Introduction
In this article I discuss the two MySQL built-in connection functions "mysql_Connect()" and "mysql_Pconnect()" in PHP. Suppose you want to insert some data into the emp detail table of your database in a PHP application. The first thing that must be done is to create a connection for the table data for the operations and that is done using mysql_connect(), because before you can access data in a database, you must create a connection to the database and after performing all the operations on the database, you should close the connection using the mysql_close() function, but a Pconnection is already open and available for use at any time; the mysql_pconnect() function will not be closed and will persist for future use.
Syntax
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Mysql_connect('localhost'); |
Example
<?php
//use for connection
{
$con= mysql_connect('localhost');
echo "$con";
}
?>
Output
![Mysql pconnect function in php.jpg]()
Syntax
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Mysql_pconnect('localhost'); |
The Pconnect function uses minimal resources because the mysql_pconnect() function is already connected with your database connection; it does need to have a connection established with the database every time the page is loaded, for when you want to persistent a connection.
When you want a connection then you first find a persistent connection link that is already open with the same host, username and password. The persistent connection is made with a max connection and connected with max clients. This connection is a multi-credential connection.
Example
<?php
//use for persistence connection
$conn = mysql_pconnect('localhost');
echo $conn;
?>
Output
![Mysql pconnect function in php.jpg]()