mysql_connect with timeout setting

Question

PHP

I use mysql and php 5.3 Mysql

config says

wait_timeout=20
timeout_connect=20
But one of the scripts requires this value to be much larger. Is it possible to set it when calling mysql_connect from php.
As another option, I consider mysql_pconnect, but it is not yet clear how to close the session after the script ends.

Answer 1

ini_set('mysql.connect_timeout', 100);