Fix #22986: odbc_connect() may reuse persistent connection #6223
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`odbc_connect()` should not reuse persistent connections, since that prohibits multiple concurrent connections, which are occasionally desireable. We fix that by no longer looking for already cached connections when `odbc_connect()` is called, and instead creating a new connection instead.
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This kind of non-persistent connection reuse is present in a couple of DB extensions. I remember fighting with it in the now removed interbase driver. The whole concept seems a leftover from times immemorial, where people were incapable of opening a connection once and passing it down to where it is needed... So yes, let's get rid of it, especially if it breaks other use-cases.
Can't comment on the crashing comment though.
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odbc_connect()should not reuse persistent connections, since thatprohibits multiple concurrent connections, which are occasionally
desireable. We fix that by no longer looking for already cached
connections when
odbc_connect()is called, and instead creating a newconnection instead.
I'm slightly concerned about Shane's comment that there would be segfaults in case of multiple connections. I haven't found issues during quick testing, so maybe these have long been resolved. If we want to play it safe, we may postpone this to PHP 8.1, to have a longer QA cycle.