Bug #65795 [NEW]: session_start() returns TRUE if session fails to start

From: interrobang at noicq dot org Operating system: Debian Squeeze PHP version: Irrelevant Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:session_start() returns TRUE if session fails to start Description: ------------ session_start(); returns TRUE if PHP configured to use mamcached instead of session files and memcached is down/not reachable. Package php5-cgi: PHP 5.3.3-7+squeeze17 Package memcached: Version: 1.4.5-1 Package php5-memcached: Version: 1.0.2-1+squeeze2 PHP config: session.save_handler = memcached session.save_path = "localhost:11211" Test script: --------------- $r = session_start();var_dump($r);die(); Expected result: ---------------- bool(false) Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (memcached). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (localhost:11211) in Unknown on line 0 Actual result: -------------- bool(true) Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (memcached). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (localhost:11211) in Unknown on line 0 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65795&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65795&r=mysqlcfg