[TriLUG] mysql close statements

[Brian A. Henning]

AFAIK, php includes work just like C-style includes, in that the
preprocessor treats it as if the contents of the included file were present
in the parent file at the location of the include.

That was a little convoluted, so here is a brief example:

parent.php:
a = b;
include("included.php");
c = d;


included.php:
e = f;
g = h++;
i = j--;


The preprocessor behaves as though parent.php contained:
a = b;
e = f;
g = h++;
i = j--;
c = d;


In other words, there is no scope imposed on included files.

Hope this is sensible,
~Brian

In response to:
> If you're using PHP, the connections will close automatically when the
> script ends.  However, with and included script I'm not sure whether the
> connection would close after the include file was finished or after the
> calling script was completed.  It couldn't hurt to close them
> after they're
> needed just to be safe.