phpmysqlpdomax-allowed-packet

MySQL server has gone away, PDO and max_allowed_packet in PHP

Do you know how to avoid the following fatal error message :

"...MySQL server has gone away".

I suppose this means that PDO connection to MySQL has been lost.

I have checked MySQL max_allowed_packet variable which is equal to 268435456 (I think this value is more than enough).

Solution

  • Thanks for your respective answers. After few days of investigations, I decided to reset PDO MySQL connection every 250 seconds. I know it is not the best in class solution but it is at least a solution to avoid the problem.