<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >msql_connect</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="PHP Manual" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="mSQL functions" HREF="ref.msql.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="msql_close" HREF="function.msql-close.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="msql_create_db" HREF="function.msql-create-db.html"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="refentry" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >PHP Manual</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="function.msql-close.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="function.msql-create-db.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><H1 ><A NAME="function.msql-connect" ></A >msql_connect</H1 ><DIV CLASS="refnamediv" ><A NAME="AEN57262" ></A ><P > (PHP 3, PHP 4 )</P >msql_connect -- Open mSQL connection</DIV ><DIV CLASS="refsect1" ><A NAME="AEN57265" ></A ><H2 >Description</H2 >int <B CLASS="methodname" >msql_connect</B > ( [string hostname [, string server [, string username [, string password]]]])<BR ></BR ><P > Returns a positive mSQL link identifier on success, or <TT CLASS="constant" ><B >FALSE</B ></TT > on error. </P ><P > <B CLASS="function" >msql_connect()</B > establishes a connection to a mSQL server. The <TT CLASS="parameter" ><I >server</I ></TT > parameter can also include a port number. eg. "hostname:port". It defaults to 'localhost'. </P ><P > In case a second call is made to <B CLASS="function" >msql_connect()</B > with the same arguments, no new link will be established, but instead, the link identifier of the already opened link will be returned. </P ><P > 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 <A HREF="function.msql-close.html" ><B CLASS="function" >msql_close()</B ></A >. </P ><P > See also <A HREF="function.msql-pconnect.html" ><B CLASS="function" >msql_pconnect()</B ></A >, <A HREF="function.msql-close.html" ><B CLASS="function" >msql_close()</B ></A >. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="function.msql-close.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="function.msql-create-db.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >msql_close</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="ref.msql.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >msql_create_db</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >