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<h2 class="title">Making a Connection</h2>
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To connect to the database server, use one of the following:
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$connection </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">MongoClient</span><span style="color: #007700">(); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// connects to localhost:27017<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$connection </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">MongoClient</span><span style="color: #007700">( </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"mongodb://example.com" </span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// connect to a remote host (default port: 27017)<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$connection </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">MongoClient</span><span style="color: #007700">( </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"mongodb://example.com:65432" </span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// connect to a remote host at a given port<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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You do not have to explicitly disconnect from the database. The driver uses
persistent connections and will re-use already established connections.
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The chapter on <a href="mongo.connecting.html" class="link">connecting</a>
covers different types of connections.
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The API documentation on the <a href="class.mongoclient.html" class="classname">MongoClient</a> class and
<span class="function"><a href="mongoclient.construct.html" class="function">MongoClient::__construct()</a></span> give a comprehensive look at
all possible options with a number of examples.
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