what is the best function that can be used to connect to mysql database and in

what is the best function that can be used to connect to
mysql database and in what cases that we can use below
functions ?

1. mysql_connect()

2. mysql_pconnect()

please give your answer with all pros and cons

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1>>mysql_connect() — Open a connection to a MySQL Server

Description:
resource mysql_connect ([ string $server [, string
$username [, string $password [, bool $new_link [, int
$client_flags ]]]]] )
Opens or reuses a connection to a MySQL server

2>>mysql_pconnect — Open a persistent connection to a MySQL
server

Description:
resource mysql_pconnect ([ string $server [, string
$username [, string $password [, int $client_flags ]]]] )

Establishes a persistent connection to a MySQL server.

mysql_pconnect() acts very much like mysql_connect() with
two major differences.

First, when connecting, the function would first try to
find a (persistent) link that's already open with the same
host, username and password. If one is found, an identifier
for it will be returned instead of opening a new
connection.

Second, the connection to the SQL server will not be closed
when the execution of the script ends. Instead, the link
will remain open for future use (mysql_close() will not
close links established by mysql_pconnect()).

This type of link is therefore called 'persistent'

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