Description:
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I'm writing a script that checks a MYSQL database for all ports that are currently assigned for shoutcast, then in a loop I'm opening each of those connections, pulling the data on the stream (is it broadcasting, if so what is the song title).  Then I'm updating that row in the DB with the appropriate info.  The script works, but every 24 hours or sometimes less the mysqli functions stop working, DB connections stop working, the only way to solve this is to STOP apache, wait a few seconds then start again (Restarting does not work, must be stop, wait, then start).  I cant find anybody out there having similar issues at all.  I tried using PHP 4.3+, 5.0+, and now 5.1 RC1, and it still happens.  Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!

Reproduce code:
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function sc_status($server, $port, $file) 
{
	$cont = "";
	$fp = fsockopen($server, $port, $errno, $errstr, 1);
	if (!$fp)
	{
		fclose($fp);
		return-2;
	}
	else
	{
		$com = "GET $file HTTP/1.1\r\nAccept: */*\r\nAccept-Language: de-ch\r\nAccept-Encoding: gzip, deflate\r\nUser-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)\r\nHost: $server:$port\r\nConnection: Keep-Alive\r\n\r\n";
		fputs($fp, $com);
		while (!feof($fp))
		{
			$cont .= fread($fp, 500);
		}
		fclose($fp);
		$cont = substr($cont, strpos($cont, "\r\n\r\n") + 4);
	}

	fclose($fp);
	$parts = explode(',', $cont);
	return $parts;
}

include("dbopen.php");
$query="select port, name, username, id from djlist order by id DESC";
$stations=mysqli_query($chandle,$query);

echo "STARTS HERE<br><br>";

while(($temprow=mysqli_fetch_row($stations)) && ($continue != 6))
{
	$port=$temprow['0'];
	$name=$temprow['1'];
	$uname=$temprow['2'];
	$id=$temprow['3'];

	$value=sc_status('localhost', $port, '/7.html');

	$song=$value['6'];

	$online=$value['1'];

	if($song == "</body></html>")
		$online = 0;

	if($online != 0)
	{
		echo $song."<br>";
		$query="UPDATE djlist set song='".$song."', online=1 where id=$id";
		mysqli_query($chandle,$query);
	}
	else
	{
		$query="UPDATE djlist set online=0 where id=$id";
		mysqli_query($chandle,$query);
	}
}
mysqli_close($chandle);


Expected result:
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STARTS HERE

Chamillionaire - Turn It Up
Elton John - Have Mercy On The Criminal
done

Actual result:
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Unable to connect to Database.