Name

mysql_close( )

Synopsis

mysql_close([connection])

This closes the current or last MySQL connection, or a given connection. The function returns true if it’s successful; false if unsuccessful. This function will not close persistent connections started with mysql_pconnect( ).

...
$connection = mysql_connect('localhost', 'russell', 'dyer');
mysql_select_db('workrequests', $connection);
...
mysql_close($connection);
...

If a script has opened only one connection to MySQL, it’s not necessary to specify the connection link to close as shown here.

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