Hi, You absolutely don't have to reconnect to the database each time a PHP-block ends ! (it would be completely awfull !!). Don't you forget to specify the mysql link in you 'mysql_query' ??
Regards, Jocelyn Fournier Presence-PC ----- Original Message ----- From: "markus|lervik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 9:29 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] Performance > On Thu, 2001-12-13 at 22:16, Ron Jamison wrote: > > I'm fairly sure there's no difference in performance when using PHP > tags > > mixed with HTML blocks as you are doing. > > > > Think of it as PHP knowing that it should send everything not in <? ?> > tags > > directly to the browser. Like an echo or a print, but without needing > to > > specify calls to those functions. > > > > <HTML> > > <? echo $PHP_SELF ?> > > </HTML> > > > > <HTML> > > <?=$PHP_SELF?> > > </HTML> > > I'm not -that- worried about performance loss for switching between, > php and html, what annoys me (and would probably slow down performance > quite a bit), is that every time I have to do a database query, I have > to use mysql_connect again, because as Prottoss pointed out, PHP drops > the connection every time a PHP-block ends. > > Not that it is that a big issue for my particular application, but > knowing a workaround to this problem would be quite useful in the > future. > > > > Cheers, > Markus > > -- > Markus Lervik > Linux administrator with a kungfoo grip > Vasa City Library - Public Library > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
