As far as i can tell, the MySQL database support (in beta4
up to the latest CVS as of yesterday or the day before) has
been flaky.  Most of my scripts use a pconnect as user
'nobody' to the databases on the server.  However, some do
a special connect for users when authentication to a
database is needed (the username & password for the MySQL
authentication is obtained through the http basic auth
dialog box)

Now, using the latest php3, I can reliably cause _all_ MySQL
queries to fail (the warning: cannot connect to MySQL server)
after I go to a page which uses the mysql_connect on a
user supplied username & password.  When I check the
processlist on the MySQL server, it shows none of the
pconnect()ed connections that should be there.

If you need more information I can reinstall the latest CVS
on here and get exact error messages, etc. and snippets of
code (basically just mysql queries and connects, nothing
special)

thanks.

PHP in all cases- compiled with LDAP support, mysql support,
debug off