#46508 [NEW]: getColumnMeta returns 'LONG','VAR_STRING','BLOB' as php native_type

From: marques at displague dot com Operating system: PHP version: 5.2.6 PHP Bug Type: PDO related Bug description: getColumnMeta returns 'LONG','VAR_STRING','BLOB' as php native_type Description: ------------ Using the pdo_mysql driver, when I do a getColumnMeta on an int(11) NULL field, the native_type returned is 'LONG'. I expect 'integer'. Also, the pdo_type returned on this column is PDO::PARAM_STR, not PDO::PARAM_INT as I would expect. http://php.net/manual/en/pdostatement.getcolumnmeta.php defines native_type as "The PHP native type used to represent the column value.". The example on that page shows a return value of 'integer'.. This would seem to mesh with the PHP types defined here: http://php.net/manual/en/function.gettype.php If this is just a documentation bug due to recent changes, perhaps someone should consider leaving native_type intact as php native type, and using 'type' or something for these new values. Reproduce code: --------------- // MySQL: create table table (i int default null, s varchar(32), b text, t timestamp, d datetime); $pdo= new PDO("mysql:host=localhost;dbname=somedb","user","pass"); $stmt=$pdo->query("SELECT * from table limit 0"); for($i=0;$i<5;$i++) print_r($stmt->getColumnMeta($i)); Expected result: ---------------- Array ( [native_type] => LONG [flags] => Array ( ) [table] => table [name] => i [len] => 11 [precision] => 0 [pdo_type] => 1 ) Array ( [native_type] => VAR_STRING [flags] => Array ( ) [table] => table [name] => s [len] => 32 [precision] => 0 [pdo_type] => 2 ) Array ( [native_type] => BLOB [flags] => Array ( [0] => blob ) [table] => table [name] => b [len] => 65535 [precision] => 0 [pdo_type] => 2 ) Array ( [native_type] => TIMESTAMP [flags] => Array ( [0] => not_null ) [table] => table [name] => t [len] => 19 [precision] => 0 [pdo_type] => 2 ) Array ( [native_type] => DATETIME [flags] => Array ( ) [table] => table [name] => d [len] => 19 [precision] => 0 [pdo_type] => 2 ) Actual result: -------------- Array ( [native_type] => integer [flags] => Array ( ) [table] => table [name] => i [len] => 11 [precision] => 0 [pdo_type] => 1 ) Array ( [native_type] => string [flags] => Array ( ) [table] => table [name] => s [len] => 32 [precision] => 0 [pdo_type] => 2 ) Array ( [native_type] => string [flags] => Array ( [0] => blob ) [table] => table [name] => b [len] => 65535 [precision] => 0 [pdo_type] => 2 ) Array ( [native_type] => string [flags] => Array ( [0] => not_null ) [table] => table [name] => t [len] => 19 [precision] => 0 [pdo_type] => 2 ) Array ( [native_type] => string [flags] => Array ( ) [table] => table [name] => d [len] => 19 [precision] => 0 [pdo_type] => 2 ) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46508&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46508&r=mysqlcfg