Elephant.io - how to open a connection just once?

Question

PHP

using elephant.io to transfer data from php to nodejs
here is the transfer code:

public function emit($data) {
    $log = new Log();
    $elephant = new Elephant(new Version1X('http://localhost:2222'));
    $elephant->initialize();
    $elephant->emit($data);
    $elephant->close();
  }

At high loads, the connection establishment time is 0.5-1 second, so you need this connection to be opened once and for all (of course, until I close it). For example, put it all in a separate file, at the start of which a connection is opened and then, for example,
while (1) { ... }
data should be listened through, which I will somehow send from another php script. Does anyone have any ideas on how to properly implement this?

Answer 1

$elephant = new Elephant(new Version1X('http://localhost:2222'));
$elephant->initialize();
public function emit($data) {
    $log = new Log();
    $elephant->emit($data);
 }

What for you connection open on each emit?