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# pg_pConnect

pg_pConnect -- Make a persistent database connection

## Description

`int pg_pconnect`(string host, string port, string options, string tty, string dbname);

Returns a connection index on success, or false if the connection could not be made. Opens a persistent connection to a PostgreSQL database. Each of the arguments should be a quoted string, including the port number. The options and tty arguments are optional and can be left out. This function returns a connection index that is needed by other PostgreSQL functions. You can have multiple persistent connections open at once. See also pg_Connect().

A connection can also established with the following command: $conn = pg_pconnect("dbname=marliese port=5432"); Other parameters besides `dbname` and `port` are `host`, `tty`, `options`, `user` and `password`.

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