# http_persistent_handles_ident

(PECL pecl_http:1.5.0-1.5.5)

http_persistent_handles_ident — Get/set ident of persistent handles

### Description

string http_persistent_handles_ident ( string `$ident` )

Query or define the ident of persistent handles.

### Parameters

`ident`

  the identification string

### Return Values

Returns the prior ident as string on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example#1 A http_persistent_handles_ident() example

`<?php
echo http_persistent_handles_ident("CUSTOM"), "\n";
echo http_persistent_handles_ident("MyApp1"), "\n";
http_get("http://www.example.com/");
print_r(http_persistent_handles_count());
?>`

The above example will output:

    GLOBAL
    CUSTOM
    stdClass Object
    (
        [http_request] => Array
            (
                [MyApp1] => Array
                    (
                        [used] => 0
                        [free] => 1
                    )

            )

        [http_request_datashare] => Array
            (
                [GLOBAL] => Array
                    (
                        [used] => 1
                        [free] => 0
                    )

            )

        [http_request_pool] => Array
            (
            )

    )

### See Also

- http_persistent_handles_count()
- http_persistent_handles_clean()