URGENT: CI not releasing mysql processes and as such httpd is keeping the connections open

[eluser]xwero[/eluser]
That seems odd to me as in the database/DB_driver.php file there is this line

Code:

$this->conn_id = ($this->pconnect == FALSE) ? $this->db_connect() : $this->db_pconnect();

And the db_connect method lead to the database driver method, for example the mysql driver

Code:

function db_connect()
{
   if ($this->port != '')
   {
        $this->hostname .= ':'.$this->port;
   }
   return @mysql_connect($this->hostname, $this->username, $this->password, TRUE);
}

In the codeigniter.php file in the end the connection is closed explicitly in case it's not closed by the garbage collector.

Try connecting to the database with php native functions and look if the connection is persistent too, or not.