diff --git a/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c b/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c
index a680cf46c34..443232894b2 100644
--- a/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c
+++ b/ext/odbc/php_odbc.c
@@ -675,12 +675,14 @@ void odbc_transact(INTERNAL_FUNCTION_PARAMETERS, int type)
 /* }}} */
 
 /* {{{ _close_pconn_with_res */
-static int _close_pconn_with_res(zend_resource *le, zend_resource *res)
+static int _close_pconn_with_res(zval *zv, void *p)
 {
-	if (le->type == le_pconn && (((odbc_connection *)(le->ptr))->res == res)){
-		return 1;
-	}else{
-		return 0;
+	zend_resource *le = Z_RES_P(zv);
+	zend_resource *res = (zend_resource*)p;
+	if (le->type == le_pconn && (((odbc_connection *)(le->ptr))->res == res)) {
+		return ZEND_HASH_APPLY_REMOVE;
+	} else {
+		return ZEND_HASH_APPLY_KEEP;
 	}
 }
 /* }}} */
@@ -759,7 +761,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(odbc_close_all)
 				zend_list_close(p);
 				/* Delete the persistent connection */
 				zend_hash_apply_with_argument(&EG(persistent_list),
-					(apply_func_arg_t) _close_pconn_with_res, (void *)p);
+					_close_pconn_with_res, (void *)p);
 			}
 		}
 	} ZEND_HASH_FOREACH_END();
@@ -2330,7 +2332,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(odbc_close)
 	zend_list_close(Z_RES_P(pv_conn));
 
 	if(is_pconn){
-		zend_hash_apply_with_argument(&EG(persistent_list),	(apply_func_arg_t) _close_pconn_with_res, (void *) Z_RES_P(pv_conn));
+		zend_hash_apply_with_argument(&EG(persistent_list), _close_pconn_with_res, (void *) Z_RES_P(pv_conn));
 	}
 }
 /* }}} */
diff --git a/ext/odbc/tests/config.inc b/ext/odbc/tests/config.inc
index 78be4b2d99a..8d74feeb6ff 100644
--- a/ext/odbc/tests/config.inc
+++ b/ext/odbc/tests/config.inc
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-putenv('ODBCINI=/etc/odbc.ini');
-putenv('ODBCSYSINI=/etc');
-
 $dsn  = getenv("ODBC_TEST_DSN");
 $user = getenv("ODBC_TEST_USER");
 $pass = getenv("ODBC_TEST_PASS");
diff --git a/ext/odbc/tests/odbc_persistent_close.phpt b/ext/odbc/tests/odbc_persistent_close.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bee936bf959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/odbc/tests/odbc_persistent_close.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+--TEST--
+odbc_pconnect(): Make sure closing a persistent connection works
+--EXTENSIONS--
+odbc
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+
+include 'skipif.inc';
+
+// The test can affect multiple drivers, but testing it is driver-specific.
+// Since CI runs ODBC tests with SQL Server, just use an SQL Server specific way of testing.
+$conn = odbc_connect($dsn, $user, $pass);
+$result = @odbc_exec($conn, "SELECT @@Version");
+if ($result) {
+    $array = odbc_fetch_array($result);
+    $info = (string) reset($array);
+    if (!str_contains($info, "Microsoft SQL Server")) {
+       echo "skip MS SQL specific test";
+    }
+}
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+include 'config.inc';
+
+// set a session specific variable via CONTEXT_INFO, if we get the same connection again, it should be identical
+function set_context_info($conn, $string) {
+	$hexstring = bin2hex($string);
+	return odbc_exec($conn, "SET CONTEXT_INFO 0x$hexstring");
+}
+
+function fetch_context_info($conn) {
+	$stmt = odbc_exec($conn, "SELECT CONTEXT_INFO() AS CONTEXT_INFO");
+	if (!$stmt) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	$res = odbc_fetch_array($stmt);
+	if ($res) {
+		// this is a binary, so we get a bunch of nulls at the end
+		return $res["CONTEXT_INFO"] ? trim($res["CONTEXT_INFO"]) : null;
+	} else {
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+
+// run 1: set expectations
+$conn = odbc_pconnect($dsn, $user, $pass);
+set_context_info($conn, "PHP odbc_pconnect test");
+var_dump(fetch_context_info($conn));
+
+// run 2: reuse same connection (imagine this is another request)
+$conn = odbc_pconnect($dsn, $user, $pass);
+var_dump(fetch_context_info($conn));
+
+// run 3: close it and see if it's the same connection
+odbc_close($conn);
+$conn = odbc_pconnect($dsn, $user, $pass);
+var_dump(fetch_context_info($conn));
+
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+string(22) "PHP odbc_pconnect test"
+string(22) "PHP odbc_pconnect test"
+NULL