Req #53466 [NEW]: sqlite3 columnType() returns SQLITE3_NULL when not in fetch loop

From: Operating system: linux PHP version: 5.3SVN-2010-12-03 (SVN) Package: SQLite related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:sqlite3 columnType() returns SQLITE3_NULL when not in fetch loop Description: ------------ The SQLite3Result::columnType() method returns SQLITE3_NULL (5) if not looping over results. This is done because the data type is unknown. But this leads to confusion, because SQLITE3_NULL is a legitimate answer in some cases when inside the loop. It would be clearer if PHP returned NULL or FALSE instead. Test script: --------------- $db = new SQLite3(':memory:'); $db->exec('CREATE TABLE test (whatever INTEGER)'); $db->exec('INSERT INTO test (whatever) VALUES (1)'); $result = $db->query('SELECT * FROM test'); while ($row = $result->fetchArray(SQLITE3_NUM)) { var_dump($result->columnType(0)); // int(1) [SQLITE3_INTEGER] } // Seems returning null or false is more appropriate. var_dump($result->columnType(0)); // int(5) [SQLITE3_NULL] $result->finalize(); $db->close(); echo "Done\n"; Expected result: ---------------- int(1) bool(false) Done Actual result: -------------- int(1) int(5) Done -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53466&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53466&r=mysqlcfg