PHP: Closes a database connection

Description

bool db2_close ( resource $connection )

This function closes a DB2 client connection created with db2_connect() and returns the corresponding resources to the database server.

If you attempt to close a persistent DB2 client connection created with db2_pconnect(), the close request is ignored and the persistent DB2 client connection remains available for the next caller.

Parameters

connection: Specifies an active DB2 client connection.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Closing a connection

The following example demonstrates a successful attempt to close a connection to an IBM DB2, Cloudscape, or Apache Derby database.


<?php

$conn = db2_connect('SAMPLE', 'db2inst1', 'ibmdb2');

$rc = db2_close($conn);

if ($rc) {

    echo "Connection was successfully closed.";

}

?>

The above example will output:

Connection was successfully closed.

db2_close

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