# oci_close

(PHP 5, PECL oci8:1.1-1.2.4)

oci_close — Closes Oracle connection

### Description

bool oci_close ( resource `$connection` )

Closes the Oracle `connection` .

### Parameters

`connection`

  An Oracle connection identifier, returned by oci_connect().

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Notes

> Note: Starting from the version 1.1 oci_close() correctly closes the Oracle connection. Use oci8.old_oci_close_semantics option to restore old behaviour of this function.