close mysql connection

[wxdqz]

I'm using Win98 with MySql, now having the problem in closing the database connection.

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$link = mysql_connect('localhost','','');

mysql_close($link);

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After run above command, i checked against
WinMySqlAdmin , connections was increase by
one eventhough i close the connection with
mysql_close. I checked even one hour later
the connection still not release.

Someone suggested use unset(), but the result
is the same.

Finally the numbers connection will increase
until 700-800 connections , what happened later is an error returned from mysql showing that 'too many connections'. I hav to restart the mysql server.

anyone know why mysql_close doesn't release
the connnection ??? how to overcome this
problem ?

thanks for ur answer.