#44766 [NEW]: error in prepare but mysqli_error is empty

From: cap at unagon dot com Operating system: Redhat 3 Enterprise PHP version: 5.2.5 PHP Bug Type: MySQLi related Bug description: error in prepare but mysqli_error is empty Description: ------------ if there is an obvious error in a prepare statement, the error is recognized correctly but mysqli_error is the empty string Reproduce code: --------------- $stmt=DB::$mysqli->prepare ('INSERT INTO TYPES (TYPENAME,TYPESPEC) VALUES (?,?,ppp)'); if (!$stmt) {throw new Exception ("Error: Prepare failed in registerType: ".(DB::$mysqli->error));} Expected result: ---------------- Expecting an exception to be thrwon with a text containing some meaningful error description Actual result: -------------- Exception is thrown, but error is empty and errno is 0. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=44766&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44766&r=mysqlcfg