#45169 [NEW]: PDO Some error messages are uninformative

From: ian dot lewis at mediatel dot co dot uk Operating system: Linux Ubuntu PHP version: 5.2.6 PHP Bug Type: PDO related Bug description: PDO Some error messages are uninformative Description: ------------ The error message is given below. PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY093]: Invalid parameter number: number of bound variables does not match number of tokens in xxx.php It would be - extremely - helpful if the error message contained a list of the matched tokens or some information on where the token substitution failed. Reproduce code: --------------- $query = "SELECT * FROM example_table et WHERE start_date BETWEEN ':sStartDate' AND ':sEndDate' AND user_id = :iId" <snip prepare statement> $sStatement->bindParam(':iId', $iUserId, PDO::PARAM_INT); $sStatement->bindParam(':sStartDate', $sStartDate, PDO::PARAM_STR); $sStatement->bindParam(':sEndDate', $sEndDate, PDO::PARAM_STR); $sStatement->execute(); The error PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY093]: Invalid parameter number: number of bound variables does not match number of tokens in xxx.php Expected result: ---------------- Expect to see either no error because it worked or a message such as PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY093]: Invalid parameter number: number of bound variables does not match number of tokens in xxx.php. Cannot find token :sStartDate Actual result: -------------- PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY093]: Invalid parameter number: number of bound variables does not match number of tokens in xxx.php -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45169&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45169&r=mysqlcfg