mysql_pconnects and how/why they kill servers stone dead (was Re: [thelist] php ad server?

John Handelaar genghis at members.evolt.org
Mon Jan 21 14:06:19 CST 2002


Nicole Parrot wrote:

>Thanks Alan
>
>I ended up going with that one even though it's based on the one that got us
>kicked out .
>
Which brings up an interesting question (to me)...

Why are persistent db connections in PHP often so lethal to apache?  (Or
in other words, how can I use them and not have mysql get hosed with
un-reused connections in 'sleep' mode - which I assume is what happened
to Nicole?

jh
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