PHP Manual: 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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