note 99380 added to function.mysql-pconnect

(using PHP v5.3.2) This might help other people who are running into a similar issue. I would occasionally get this error in my apache error log: PHP Warning: mysql_pconnect(): MySQL server has gone away It appears the persistent connection mysql_pconnect() was returning had timed out and mysql_pconnect() didn't detect it. To address this issue I added some code to check for this case using mysql_ping() and request another connection from mysql_pconnect() if this situation occurred. It appears that the combination of the checking for the time out with mysql_ping( ) and re-requesting the connection with mysql_pconnect( ) either caused the original connection to re-connect or forced mysql_pconnect() to recognize that the connection had timed out and request a new one. The documentation for mysql_ping( ) says that it will force a re-connect if it detects a timeout, however comments on the documentation page mention that this feature has been disabled for some time. Anyways here is the code I used, hope it helps: $dbConnection = mysql_pconnect( $myHostname, $myUsername, $myPassword ); if ( !mysql_ping( $dbConnection ) ) { $dbConnection = mysql_pconnect( $myHostname, $myUsername, $myPassword ); } ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 209.104.7.62 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-pconnect.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/99380 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99380/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99380/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99380/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99380/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99380/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99380/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99380 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/99380 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php