From 74c56e11baf34b411b790f1bb9df0fb54fc51464 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Von Hirsch <LouisBHirst@Gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 14:30:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add try block in _prepareQuery so that database will
 reconnect automatically if connection was broken (tested)

---
 MysqliDb.php | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 mode change 100644 => 100755 MysqliDb.php

diff --git a/MysqliDb.php b/MysqliDb.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6a55bddf..dd58c928
--- a/MysqliDb.php
+++ b/MysqliDb.php
@@ -1905,7 +1905,15 @@ protected function _buildLimit($numRows)
      */
     protected function _prepareQuery()
     {
-        $stmt = $this->mysqli()->prepare($this->_query);
+        try {
+            $stmt = $this->mysqli()->prepare($this->_query);
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            if ($this->mysqli()->errno === 2006 && $this->autoReconnect === true && $this->autoReconnectCount === 0) {
+                $this->connect($this->defConnectionName);
+                $this->autoReconnectCount++;
+                return $this->_prepareQuery();
+            }
+        }
 
         if ($stmt !== false) {
             if ($this->traceEnabled)
@@ -1913,12 +1921,6 @@ protected function _prepareQuery()
             return $stmt;
         }
 
-        if ($this->mysqli()->errno === 2006 && $this->autoReconnect === true && $this->autoReconnectCount === 0) {
-            $this->connect($this->defConnectionName);
-            $this->autoReconnectCount++;
-            return $this->_prepareQuery();
-        }
-        
         $error = $this->mysqli()->error;
         $query = $this->_query;
         $errno = $this->mysqli()->errno;

From 0eca5d711fe735e1e3406a965417f74b0b0df815 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Von Hirsch <LouisBHirst@Gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 15:43:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add try block in _prepareQuery so that database will
 reconnect automatically if connection was broken #2 (tested)

---
 MysqliDb.php | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/MysqliDb.php b/MysqliDb.php
index dd58c928..0f088d03 100755
--- a/MysqliDb.php
+++ b/MysqliDb.php
@@ -1908,6 +1908,7 @@ protected function _prepareQuery()
         try {
             $stmt = $this->mysqli()->prepare($this->_query);
         } catch (Exception $e) {
+            //try to reconnect gracefully if the connection was broken since the last query
             if ($this->mysqli()->errno === 2006 && $this->autoReconnect === true && $this->autoReconnectCount === 0) {
                 $this->connect($this->defConnectionName);
                 $this->autoReconnectCount++;
@@ -1921,6 +1922,13 @@ protected function _prepareQuery()
             return $stmt;
         }
 
+        //if statement is false then the server has been down for awhile and the query is dirty, reconnect and reset
+        //we'll lose one query exection, but the next will be successful
+        if ($this->mysqli()->errno === 2006 && $this->autoReconnect === true && $this->autoReconnectCount === 0) {
+            $this->connect($this->defConnectionName);
+            $this->autoReconnectCount++;
+        }
+
         $error = $this->mysqli()->error;
         $query = $this->_query;
         $errno = $this->mysqli()->errno;