Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'waiting for initial communication packet', system error: 95 in /home/zane/public_html/airgif/api/engine/mysql.php on line 12
   {"error":"Failed to connect to the database: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'waiting for initial communication packet', system error: 95"}

For those of you starting new PHP projects, and for the sake of this one: the mysql_* set of functions in PHP have been discouraged for many years and are deprecated[1] as of PHP 5.5.

Hopefully it isn't too late to migrate to mysqli_*[2] functions or, what many developers prefer, PDO[3]. Should you choose to go the PDO route, there are some good resources out there[4] to get started.

[1] - https://php.net/manual/en/migration55.deprecated.php

[2] - https://php.net/manual/en/book.mysqli.php

[3] - https://php.net/manual/en/book.pdo.php

[4] - http://wiki.hashphp.org/PDO_Tutorial_for_MySQL_Developers