Automatically connecting to Wi-Fi

If I've already setup a Wi-Fi connection in the iPhone, and I leave the area and come back, will the iPhone automatically connect to the available Wi-Fi or do I have to go into settings again and manually connect?

It should manually connect. Mine always does. So does wifes. So does everybody I know.

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