MySQL server has gone away

The above error you may have encountered when importing a large SQL file. This error occurs frequently along with bundled software like xampp when you try to import a large sql file via phpmyadmin

#2006 - MySQL server has gone away

Solution:

The solution is to change the wait_timeout settings in mysql.cnf and in different systems you can find it different locations


On Debian

etc/mysql/my.cnf

In XAMPP


And then change these settings under the file and save it. Then restart the My SQLserver

max_allowed_packet = 64M
innodb_lock_wait_timeout = 500

Once you restart the server, it will allow you import a file with size more than 64M and change the timeout to max timeout of your choice

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