Hello! While running a PHP script I've encountered an error that says the MySQL server has gone away and it's really getting annoying.
I've tried the following things with no success.
Add these to /etc/mysql/my.cnf
wait_timeout = 28800
interactive_timeout = 28800
max_allowed_packet = 256M
I've tried adding this to php.ini as well.
mysql.connect_timeout = 240
Nothing seems to work.
Thank you!
Hi @matthew6d
You shouldn't need to change anything in MySQL - it's by default set to some ridiculous high timeout.
But PHP has normally a timeout on 30 or 60 seconds for most things. Can you set the following two PHP configurations (300 seconds = 5 minutes):
mysql.connect_timeout = 300
default_socket_timeout = 300
Ohh, and you have to restart PHP for it to take effect - in your case, that would be Apache you need to restart, since PHP is probably running as mod_php.
@matthew6d
Okay, is it still saying "MySQL server has gone away" ?
Which version of MySQL are you running? And which version of PHP?
Can you create a PHP file, visit it on the server to check all your parameters:
<?php phpinfo();
@matthew6d
Create a file that contains the following and call it phpinfo.php and place it in your web root and open your browser to that page.
<?php phpinfo();
Then you will see all parameters used by PHP and you can search for each configuration to see what setting it's using.