MySql Proccesslist filled with “Sleep” Entries leading to “Too many Connections”?

Question

I\'d like to ask your help on a longstanding issue with php/mysql connections.

Every time I execute a \"SHOW PROCESSLIST\" command it shows me about 400 idle (Status

Answer 1

The above solutions like run a query

SET session wait_timeout=600;

Will only work until mysql is restarted. For a persistant solution, edit mysql.conf and add after [mysqld]:

wait_timeout=300
interactive_timeout = 300

Where 300 is the number of seconds you want.