Closes an open SQLite database

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# sqlite_close

(PHP 5 < 5.4.0, PECL sqlite >= 1.0.0)

sqlite_close — Closes an open SQLite database

### Description

void sqlite_close ( resource `$dbhandle` )

Closes the given `db_handle` database handle. If the database was persistent, it will be closed and removed from the persistent list.

### Parameters

`dbhandle`

  The SQLite Database resource; returned from sqlite_open() when used procedurally.

### Return Values

No value is returned.

### Examples

Example #1 sqlite_close() example

`<?php
$dbhandle = sqlite_open('sqlitedb');
sqlite_close($dbhandle);
?>`

### See Also

- sqlite_open() - Opens an SQLite database and create the database if it does not exist
- sqlite_popen() - Opens a persistent handle to an SQLite database and create the database if it does not exist

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