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# ifx_pconnect

(3.0.3 - 3.0.18 only, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

ifx_pconnect -- Open persistent Informix connection

## Description

``int ifx_pconnect` ([string database [, string userid [, string password]]])`

Returns: A positive Informix persistent link identifier on success, or `FALSE` on error

ifx_pconnect() acts very much like ifx_connect() with two major differences.

This function behaves exactly like ifx_connect() when PHP is not running as an Apache module. First, when connecting, the function would first try to find a (persistent) link that's already open with the same host, username and password. If one is found, an identifier for it will be returned instead of opening a new connection.

Second, the connection to the SQL server will not be closed when the execution of the script ends. Instead, the link will remain open for future use (ifx_close() will not close links established by ifx_pconnect()).

This type of links is therefore called 'persistent'.

See also: ifx_connect().

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