#50642 [NEW]: 'if(!$result)'

From: nakulgoud at gmail dot com Operating system: Windows XP SP2 PHP version: 5.3.1 PHP Bug Type: *Database Functions Bug description: 'if(!$result)' Description: ------------ After exection of query where mysql returns an empty set then 'if($result)' returns true.It should return false.How to handle this situation. Reproduce code: --------------- --- From manual page: function.mysql-fetch-row#Examples --- $query="select name from user where id=42'"; $result=mysql_query($query); if (!$result) { echo 'Could not run query: ' . mysql_error(); exit; } $data = MYSQL_RESULT($result,0,"id"); Expected result: ---------------- Could not run query : No such row in database. Actual result: -------------- Warning: mysql_result() [function.mysql-result]: Unable to jump to row 0 on MySQL result index 4 in C:\wamp\www\all is well\signin.php on line 6 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50642&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50642&r=mysqlcfg