Name

disconnect( )

Synopsis

$database_handle->disconnect( )

This disconnects a Perl script from a database; it ends a MySQL session. There are no arguments for this function.

$sth->finish( );
$dbh->disconnect( );

It’s appropriate to end all statement handles before disconnecting from MySQL using the finish( ) function as shown here.

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