My Question -- If I use mysql_connect as many times to connect to database, will my application create those many connections?
For example : In my website(www.cricandcric.com), For populating the menu bar items from DB, I am using the database connection "mysql_connect', to connect and retrieve and display the items
and In the same page, I have a News Section, to populate the News, I am using the Mysql_connect to connect to the database and retrieve the news which is been updated and show it to the users
Similarly If a page has multiple sections, I am using separate mysql_connect object individually and connect to DB and display the data to Users.
Is this a Good practice? or for the complete website Do I need to maintain a SINGLE mysql_connect connection object for all the sections,
Please check, www.cricandcric.com, in the Home page, I have the following section, 1)Menu bar,
2)scorecard below the Logo
3)Cricket schedule..
4) India Cricket News
etc...
What is the best practice to use the MYSQL_CONNECT?
The problem which I am facing is, My server running out of Memory if suddenly 2000 users come at ONE shot, solution is I need to restart my server to fix this problem, so I am thinking what is the best way to fix this issue?