Hi,
Although theoretically PHP closes the MySQL connection at the end of a script, it is highly recommended to always explicitly close the MySQL connection.
Moreover, persistent connections are not closed automatically, so be it : [
fr2.php.net]
That's all I can say on this subject.
Having always follow these "rules", I have never encountered database corruption issue; This does not prevent me to make backups!
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