mysql_connect in php, when to?

[titansolaris]

Hello! I was wondering, do we need to type in

$convar=@mysql_connect('localhost','username','password');
if (!$convar){die('<p>it died...<p>');}

everytime we want to display something out of the database to the user?

[raf]

no. you only need to open a connection once for each script. It remains open during scriptexecution and is then automatically closed.

[titansolaris]

Thanks a lot man.