Warum kommt es bei meinem MySQL-Server genau 60 Sekunden nach dem Herstellen einer Verbindung zu einer Zeitüberschreitung?

<code class="php">set_error_handler("sqlErrorHandler");
set_time_limit(12000);


$link = mysql_connect("$MYSQL_Host","$MYSQL_User","$MYSQL_Pass");
mysql_select_db($MYSQL_db, $link);

echo "mysql_ping = " . (mysql_ping($link) ? "LIVE" : "DEAD") . "<br /><br />"; 

$sql = "SELECT SLEEP(120);";

$start = microtime(true);
mysql_query($sql, $link);

echo "**query done**<br />";
allDone();

function allDone(){
 global $start, $sql;

 $end = microtime(true);
 echo "sql : $sql<br />";
 echo "elapsed : " . ($end - $start) . "<br />";
 echo "<br />";
}

function sqlErrorHandler($errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline){
 global $link;
 echo "Error : $errno<br />$errstr<br />";
 echo "mysql_ping : " . (mysql_ping($link) ? "LIVE" : "DEAD") . "<br />"; 
 echo "<br />";

 allDone();
}</code>

OUTPUT :

mysql_ping = LIVE

Error : 2
mysql_query() [function.mysql-query]: MySQL server has gone away
mysql_ping : DEAD

sql : SELECT SLEEP(120);
elapsed : 60.051116943359

Error : 2
mysql_query() [function.mysql-query]: Error reading result set's header
mysql_ping : DEAD

sql : SELECT SLEEP(120);
elapsed : 60.0511469841

**query done**
sql : SELECT SLEEP(120);
elapsed : 60.051155090332

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