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<h1 class="refname">mysqli::close</h1>
<h1 class="refname">mysqli_close</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mysqli::close</span> -- <span class="refname">mysqli_close</span> — <span class="dc-title">Closes a previously opened database connection</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<p class="para">Object oriented style</p>
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<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli::close</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysqli_close</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.mysqli.html" class="type mysqli">mysqli</a></span> <code class="parameter">$link</code></span>
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Closes a previously opened database connection.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">
link</code></em></span><dd>
<p class="para">Procedural style only: A link identifier
returned by <span class="function"><a href="function.mysqli-connect.html" class="function">mysqli_connect()</a></span> or <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.init.html" class="function">mysqli_init()</a></span>
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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See <span class="function"><a href="function.mysqli-connect.html" class="function">mysqli_connect()</a></span>.
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="mysqli.construct.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli::__construct()</a> - Open a new connection to the MySQL server</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.init.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_init()</a> - Initializes MySQLi and returns a resource for use with mysqli_real_connect()</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.real-connect.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysqli_real_connect()</a> - Opens a connection to a mysql server</span></li>
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