Bug #51400 [NEW]: mysql_fetch_array() returns NULL

From: Operating system: CentOS 5.2 (64-bit) PHP version: 5.3.2 Package: MySQL related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:mysql_fetch_array() returns NULL Description: ------------ Calling mysql_fetch_array() with an empty/errorneous result set returns NULL, not FALSE. This is a behavioral change from 5.2.10. Documentation says: "Returns an array of strings that corresponds to the fetched row, or FALSE if there are no more rows." Test script: --------------- $r = @mysql_query( 'This is a broken query' ); $f = @mysql_fetch_array( $r ); print var_dump( $f ); Expected result: ---------------- FALSE Actual result: -------------- NULL -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51400&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=mysqlcfg