I am using PHP to query the MySQL database on my website. Please answer the following questions:
What will happen if I don't use mysql_close() when I am done with querying the database in the end? The connection will remain open? If yes then upto how much time? If no then why?
If I open and close a connection to MySQL at several places in a
webpage, how is the performance affected? i.e. connection is made again everytime some access to database is required on a single webpage.
How is mysql_close() related to performance? Should I open a new connection everytime some access to database is required OR should I keep only one connection and close it in the end?
If I don't close the connection, then if the user is trying to
access some data again, will the new connection be used or the old
open connection will be used?
解决方案It will automatically close when the PHP script is done running during destruct phase.
Performance will negatively be affected. Opening a new socket (especially to an external database server) is more expensive and time consuming than just keeping a pointer to the current connection in memory.
See answer no. 2
The access to the data will be performed by a new PHP request. Hence, you will have a new database connection. No problems there.
I'd advise to open your database connection during construct phase, re-use that connection during the entire execution of your script (if it's OO based, assign a class variable for your database connection and use $this->db during the entire script), and close it during destruction (or don't bother at all closing it, as it will be closed anyway, even when not declared specifically).