Comments on: MySQL Server Has Gone Away problem solved

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:29:54 +0000

Good point Sandcarving. If you have a dedicated VPS or Server, you can do just that. You can also adjust the timeout settings at that point.

However, if you are on a shared host, the problem is probably not a failure of the MySQl server, it is just a timeout issue, of which you have no control in a shared environment.

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By: Sandcarving

Sandcarving — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:24:58 +0000

I ran into this same error this morning. The resolution was just restarting our MySQL service on the service and the error went away immediately.

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By: William Johnson

William Johnson — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:29:50 +0000

Actually the problem with GoDaddy servers and most others having this problem is quite simple to fix if you have root access to the server. Clear everything out of etc/my.cnf and replace with

[mysqld]
set-variable = max_connections=500
safe-show-database
query-cache-type = 1
query-cache-size = 20M

Then restart sql.

The “MySQL Server Has Gone Away” issue will… well… go away.

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By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:32:43 +0000

Imran, check out the comment by “Yo” on this post. I think his theory about random port changes is correct.

I would say you could probably close the connection at the end of the page load. The most important thing is that you do not want to have an open connection through a port that has been changed randomly by GoDaddy. So if “Yo’s” theory is correct, you should be fine with closing the SQL connection at the end of a page load.

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By: Imran

Imran — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:15:57 +0000

I have the same problem hosting on godaddy, though using druapl install. So I can’t use your total fix. But I’m hoping that I can get some tips from what you’ve done.

Are you essentially saying that I need to call mysql_close after every database request that my site makes? Or do I need to call it explicitly when my page has finished generating?

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By: Brooke Morris

Brooke Morris — Wed, 05 May 2010 07:45:27 +0000

I have 100 domains on Godaddy and i can say that this company is very reputable.”-.

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By: iGuide

iGuide — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:47:22 +0000

So, what’s the configuration option that needs to be changed to solve this problem?

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By: mine

mine — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:26:56 +0000

It works for me.
Thanks alot.

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By: yo

yo — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:48:49 +0000

yo,im also on godaddy
and i must say that error (sever has gone) when running longer sql queries really pissed me off.
though,the solution seems to be to mysql_close() the connection before it exceeds the time limit what actually probably causes godaddy service to close the connection itself.
but what i just recently noticed is,
check out Mysql Proccesslist on Godaddy MYSQL Servers,
you will see the port changes,that could be one reason why it says “Server gone”.
so each time you close the connection and estabilish a new one it catches the new port(which could have changed in an interval of max time).
So there are 2 theories:

1.Godaddy simply set a quite short maximum of connection time. : Workarround => mysql_close();
2.Godaddy changes port in an unknown interval(would need some research to find it out). : Workarround => mysql_close();

Maybe mysql_free_ressources also can help a bit,but i dont think so(just give it a try

so the final solution seems to be to close the godaddy mysql connection as fast as possible.

close,connect … probably wont cause your server to crash(not really similiar to DOS) so no worries!

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By: Jim - 406NotAccceptable

Jim - 406NotAccceptable — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:14:29 +0000

At least you didn’t have my mySQL problem (that sounds strange!) I had a silly plugin that got spammed and then decided to query all the spams, 50k rows at a time!

You can guess how my host reacted!

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