In LAMP applications, the connection to the database is usually only as long as the Web server takes to process the request.

在LAMP应用程序中，连接数据库的时间通常就是Web服务器处理请求所花费的时间。

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This is probably because a PHP installation sits on a Web server (Apache, for example) and often has a connection to an external database (MySQL, for example).

这也许是因为PHP是安装在Web服务器(例如apache)上的，而且常常需要连接到外部数据库(例如MySQL)。

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When a zip code is entered into the search field, a request is passed to the Web server, which USES a PHP ODBC connection to the backend Informix database.

当向搜索字段输入某一个邮政编码后，一个请求就传向一个使用PHP ODBC与后台Informix数据库连接的Web服务器。

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