PHP: MySQL server has gone away

Question

I know this question has been asked numerous times but I\'ve tried everything.

I have a PHP script that iterates through thousands of images, performs resizing if ne

Answer 1

This happens because the PHP script took too long to process whatever it was processing, and the connection to the server timed out. You have a few solutions:

• Check to make sure the connection is still up, and reconnect if needed (mysql_connect has built-in functionality to do that for you)
• Use mysql_pconnect (but remember to close the connection at the end because it won't close for you)
• Improve the running time of your script to avoid the timeout.