disconnect, then ping returns true under apache, false from command line, no Apache::DBI around. Why would this be?

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#!perl -w
use strict;
...
    warn "ping returned [$ping_val]";
}

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dbh->disconnect returned [1]
ping returned [] at /home/msouth/disconnect.pl line 14.

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ErrorLog       /home/msouth/local/apache/logs/error.log

...
</IfModule>

Port   8106

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dbh->disconnect returned [1]
here is the thread id [774516]
ping returned [1]
here are Apache-matching keys %INC: at /home/msouth/disconnect.pl line
+ 11.

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