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1. greyisgood
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   I have several installs of various WP verions on a web server connecting to MySQL on a different host. These installs are maintaining persistent database connections. This is a problem as the DNS can change on the MySQL server and these installs keep the old.

   The file wp-db.php doesn't have the call mysql_pconnect, but have the normal mysql_connect

   We have a number of installs with the same host for both web and DB (same MySQL as above) and they don't have the same issue.

   Any suggestions on cause/solution?

2. samboll
   moderator
   Posted 1 month ago #

   try adding this to wp-config.php

   define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false');

3. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Is that right Sam? I don't find USE_PCONNECT in the core files...

4. samboll
   moderator
   Posted 1 month ago #

   it does look like it's a relic

   but should work if you add this to wp-db.php

   if (USE_PCONNECT == 'false') {
    $link = mysql_pconnect($server, $username, $password);
    } else {
    $link = mysql_connect($server, $username, $password);
    }

   or maybe I'm in over my head :>)

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