#45646 [NEW]: Failed Connect Does Not Return FALSE

From: djneoform at gmail dot com Operating system: Win2k3 Standard PHP version: 5.2.6 PHP Bug Type: MySQLi related Bug description: Failed Connect Does Not Return FALSE Description: ------------ When a mysqli connection fails, the returned value is an empty mysqli object and not a bool(FALSE), this means any tests on the connection will not work, eg: if ($conn) { ... } When the documentation: http://ca.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.connect.php States: "Return Values Returns a object which represents the connection to a MySQL Server or FALSE if the connection failed." Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $connection = new mysqli('localhost', 'badinfo', 'badinfo', 'badinfo'); var_dump($connection); ?> Expected result: ---------------- bool(FALSE) Actual result: -------------- object(mysqli)#1 (0) { } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45646&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45646&r=mysqlcfg