PDO Gone Away Reconnect

class BetterPDO
{
    protected $dsn, $username, $password, $pdo, $driver_options;

    const RETRY_ATTEMPTS = 3;

    public function __construct($dsn, $username = "", $password = "", $driver_options = array()) {
        $this->dsn = $dsn;
        $this->username = $username;
        $this->password = $password;
        $this->driver_options = $driver_options;

        $this->connect();
    }

    public function __call($method, $arguments){

        $retry = 0;
        try_again:

        try {
            return call_user_func_array(array($this->pdo, $method), $arguments);
        } catch(\Exception $e) {

            if($retry >= self::RETRY_ATTEMPTS || $e->getCode() != 'HY000' || !stristr($e->getMessage(), 'server has gone away')) {
                throw $e;
            }

            ++$retry;
            $this->reconnect();
            goto try_again;
        }
    }

    public function connect() {
        $this->pdo = new \PDO($this->dsn, $this->username, $this->password, (array) $this->driver_options);
        $this->pdo->setAttribute(\PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, \PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
        return $this->pdo;
    }

    public function reconnect() {
        $this->pdo = null;
        return $this->connect();
    }
}