Multiple connections?

[Uberkommando]

I'm trying to have connections to two MySQL databases open once. Both are on the same server and have the same username and password data. I've tried using this codeblock to open the connections:

$link_1 = mysql_connect("server", "user", "pass");
$link_2 = mysql_connect("server", "user", "pass");
$db_1 = mysql_select_db("database1", $link_1);
$db_2 = mysql_select_db("database2", $link_2);

echo $link_1."<br>".$link_2;

The output is:
Resource id #1
Resource id #1

So it's saying that I only have one connection open -- which is the second one.

Can anyone tell me how I can have multiple connections open at once?

[kachurak]

<?
// Database connection
$server = "localhost"; // Server Name
$userid = "username"; // Username
$pass = "password"; // Password
$database = "database"; // Database Name

// $database2 = "database"; //If needed

$con = mysql_connect("$server","$userid","$pass") or die ("Connection Error to Server");
$db = mysql_select_db("$database",$con) or die("Connection Error to Database");

$con2= mysql_connect("$server","$userid","$pass") or die ("Connection Error to Server");
$db2 = mysql_select_db("$database",$con2) or die("Connection Error to Database");

?>

<?
// Close connections
}
mysql_close($con);
mysql_close($con2);
?>