Lost connection to MySQL server during query solution

UPDATED: Ok this did not end up working. It worked for a good 6 hours or so, then things with the database server got worse than before. Will keep you updated on a fix.

Had been trying to troubleshoot this error for what seemed like eternity. It happened every so often, not at all following any type of pattern. I did all the standard googling of this term and found nothing but useless information. FINALLY I found one website after much length of surfing that has fixed my problem. The solution is to increase your max_allowed_packets in your my.cnf config file for mysql. After making this change I haven’t seen this error once.

Here is the site that had the solution. Lost connection Solution