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<h1 class="refname">msql_connect</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">msql_connect</span> — <span class="dc-title">Open mSQL connection</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>msql_connect</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$hostname</code></span>
] )</div>
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<span class="function"><strong>msql_connect()</strong></span> establishes a connection to a mSQL
server.
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If a second call is made to <span class="function"><strong>msql_connect()</strong></span> with
the same arguments, no new link will be established, but instead, the
link identifier of the already opened link will be returned.
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The link to the server will be closed as soon as the execution of the
script ends, unless it's closed earlier by explicitly calling
<span class="function"><a href="function.msql-close.html" class="function">msql_close()</a></span>.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">hostname</code></em></span>
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The hostname can also include a port number. e.g.
<em>hostname,port</em>.
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If not specified, the connection is established by the means of a Unix
domain socket, being then more efficient then a localhost TCP socket
connection.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
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While this function will accept a colon (<em>:</em>) as a
host/port separator, a comma (<em>,</em>) is the preferred
method.
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</dd>
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns a positive mSQL link identifier on success, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on
error.
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.msql-pconnect.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">msql_pconnect()</a> - Open persistent mSQL connection</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.msql-close.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">msql_close()</a> - Close mSQL connection</span></li>
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