aaron

How to keep a MySQL connection alive

Ok, so I wasted about 3 hours on this, and have only sort of found a solution. I have a PHP script which is going to be running 24/7 checking a message queue and then interacting with a database when a message is received. It was mostly working, until it sat there for a day and I tried to use it the next day. The PHP script had quit, with the error “MySQL server has gone away.” I figured...

aaron

simple guide to creating a RAM disk

I had a thought of using a RAM disk as a message queue for a messaging application I am working on, as opposed to creating a table in a database, or using a regular flat text file. Every time I need a message to be sent, I’ll add a text file on the RAM disk, then the sending process can scan for files. All of this is happening in RAM, so it won’t be thrashing the disk! Here is a guide I found...