not sure what you mean by hijacking... simply did a cut/past for a new topic..
but thanks for the reply... guess i'll have to investigate persistent connections.. but i'm still confused as to why a value that i put into the session variable seems to get reset to '0' when i use the session var in another page.... ideas/comments welcome.. thanks.. -bruce -----Original Message----- From: Marek Kilimajer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 4:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] mysql and session vars... Please do not hijack threads. bruce wrote: > hi... > > if i create a site that hits a back mysql db... > > i don't want to do a mysql_connect for every page that has to access the db. > so the question is where should the mysql_connect occur. also, if i were to > do it once when the app starts, is the connection more or less maintained > throught the life of the app. You have to connect to mysql on every page, it's not possible to store the connection in session. That's how it works. > > an additional question. the resource identifier is required to initiate a > given php mysql function. i would assume that the resource identifier should > probably be stored in some session var.... > > searching mysql/php/google didn't result in clarfification for these > issues... > > comments/criticisms/thoughts are welcome... > > thanks > > -bruce > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php