#50185 [NEW]: ldap-get-entries return false instead of an empty array when there is no error

From: Joel dot Brogniart at univ-lyon2 dot fr Operating system: Mac OS X 10.5.8 PHP version: 5.2.11 PHP Bug Type: LDAP related Bug description: ldap-get-entries return false instead of an empty array when there is no error Description: ------------ With PHP version < 5.2.10, if the "bad_uid" is not in the LDAP directory and no error occured the following code return an empty array in $info. With PHP version 5.2.10 it return FALSE $info even when there is no error. (simplified code) $ldap_host="ldap.example.com"; $ldap_root="ou=people,dc=example,dc=com"; $ldap_dn="cn=admin,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com"; $ldap_password="fak3pwd"; $result = array(); $attribute_list = array("uid"); $connection = ldap_connect($ldap_host); $link = @ldap_bind($connection, $ldap_dn, $ldap_password); $search="(uid=bad_uid)"; $search_result = ldap_search($connection, $ldap_root, $search, $attribute_list); $info = ldap_get_entries($connection, $search_result); Reproduce code: --------------- --- From manual page: function.ldap-get-entries#Return Values --- $ldap_host="ldap.example.com"; $ldap_root="ou=people,dc=example,dc=com"; $ldap_dn="cn=admin,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com"; $ldap_password="fak3pwd"; $result = array(); $attribute_list = array("uid"); $connection = ldap_connect($ldap_host); $link = @ldap_bind($connection, $ldap_dn, $ldap_password); $search="(uid=bad_uid)"; $search_result = ldap_search($connection, $ldap_root, $search, $attribute_list); $info = ldap_get_entries($connection, $search_result); Expected result: ---------------- $info : Array ( ) Actual result: -------------- $info : -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50185&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50185&r=mysqlcfg