Codigniter 3.0.0
I have been having lots of problems with the mysqli driver. Every third connection or so, I'd get a database connection error. Tracking it down revealed that mysqli_init() was returning a null object and no error. I suspect a MySQL or PHP config issue, but I was not able to find anything in the mysql forums, so I changed the driver to use the mysqli_connect function instead, which works like a charm. This code fragment is from my modified version of system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php. Except for the obvious (can't use options when connecting), does anyone see a problem with this solution? (or better yet, ideas on the root cause).
Thank you
Code:
/*
// Commenting out the mysqi_init and real_connect functions:
$client_flags = ($this->compress === TRUE) ? MYSQLI_CLIENT_COMPRESS : 0;
$mysqli = mysqli_init();
$mysqli->options(MYSQLI_OPT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, 10);
if ($this->stricton)
{
$mysqli->options(MYSQLI_INIT_COMMAND, 'SET SESSION sql_mode="STRICT_ALL_TABLES"');
}
return $mysqli->real_connect($hostname, $this->username, $this->password, $this->database, $port, $socket, $client_flags)
? $mysqli : FALSE;
*/
//Using mysqli_connect instead
return mysqli_connect($hostname, $this->username, $this->password, $this->database, $port, $socket);
