Should I close database connections after use in PHP?

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Published on 2013-10-17T10:51:48Z Indexed on 2013/10/17 16:23 UTC
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I wonder if I should close any unnecessary database connection inside of my PHP scripts.

I am aware of the fact that database connections are closed implicitly when the block stops executing and 'manually' closing the connections could kinda bloat the codebase with unnecessary code.

But shouldn't I do so in order to make by code as readable and as easy understandable as possible, while also preventing several possible issues during run time?

Also, if I would do, would it be enough to unset() my database object?

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