[RESOLVED] Connecting to database question..

[Wales]

If I use require_once for connect.php from mypage.php do I need to close the connection? If I do need to close the connection how will it be written? mysql_close(???);

connect.php

$host="localhost"; // Host name 
$username="root"; // Mysql username 
$password=""; // Mysql password 
$db_name="test"; // Database name 
$tbl_name="test_mysql"; // Table name 

// Connect to server and select databse.
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot connect"); 
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");

mypage.php

require_once('connect.php');

[dagon]

the connection will close by itself when the script is finished. If its a long script it may be a good idea to close it, but in most cases it wont be an issue.

[bradgrafelman]

And if you do find that you need to close it before the script is finished, you can simply call [man]mysql_close/man without any parameters as stated in the manual.