How to change max_allowed_packet size

Question

I am having a problem with BLOB fields in my MySQL database - when uploading files larger than approx 1MB I get an error Packets larger than max_allowed_packet are not

Answer 1

For those running wamp mysql server

Wamp tray Icon -> MySql -> my.ini

[wampmysqld]
port        = 3306
socket      = /tmp/mysql.sock
key_buffer_size = 16M
max_allowed_packet = 16M        // --> changing this wont solve
sort_buffer_size = 512K

Scroll down to the end until u find

[mysqld]
port=3306
explicit_defaults_for_timestamp = TRUE

Add the line of packet_size in between

[mysqld]
port=3306
max_allowed_packet = 16M
explicit_defaults_for_timestamp = TRUE

Check whether it worked with this query

Select @@global.max_allowed_packet;