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                                 ifx_pconnect

   (PHP 3>= 3.0.3, PHP 4 )
   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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