#19360 [NEW]: cant assign value returned by mysql_error to a variable

From: fred0226@yahoo.com Operating system: Windows 2000 PHP version: 4.2.2 PHP Bug Type: MySQL related Bug description: cant assign value returned by mysql_error to a variable Having a problem with the following code line: $ErrMsg = mysql_error(); No value is assigned to the $ErrMsg variable; However print "mySql error: " . mysql_error(); does echo the error message to the browser. What am I doing wrong or is this really a bug? Thanks, Fred -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=19360&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19360&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19360&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19360&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19360&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19360&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19360&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19360&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19360&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19360&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=19360&r=globals