Doctrine 2 Close Connection

Question

I use doctrine 2 PDO with mysql.

When stress testing the server, mysql reports a lot of aborted connections (up-to 20%).

I am trying to locate the issue.

Answer 1

I have the same problem and

$entityManager->getConnection()->close(); 

seems to work, but works 'better' in some php versions if you add

 gc_collect_cycles() 

after closing connections. I'm still having that kind of issues in older php version, may be something related with the garbage collector I guess. Will keep you updated if I find a final solution for all php versions

Answer 2

I have found this tweak:

https://sroze.io/phpunit-mysql-too-many-connections-error-ab52cd5798c5

Setting processIsolation="true" option in PhpUnit XML options file seems to do the trick.

Answer 3

From what I've observed, Doctrine uses persistent connections.

We've stumbled upon a problem, launching unit tests in symfony2, where the database was spammed with connections in "Sleep" status. The solution that worked for us:

$entityManager->getConnection()->close();