## Runtime Configuration

The behaviour of these functions is affected by settings in php.ini.

mSQL configuration options
Name | Default | Changeable | Changelog
--- | --- | --- | ---
msql.allow_persistent | "1" | PHP_INI_ALL |
msql.max_persistent | "-1" | PHP_INI_ALL |
msql.max_links | "-1" | PHP_INI_ALL |

For further details and definitions of the PHP_INI_* modes, see the Where a configuration setting may be set.

Here's a short explanation of the configuration directives.

`msql.allow_persistent` boolean

  Whether to allow persistent mSQL connections.

`msql.max_persistent` integer

  The maximum number of persistent mSQL connections per process.

`msql.max_links` integer

  The maximum number of mSQL connections per process, including persistent connections.