Bug #79032 [Opn]: ldap_count_entries returns NULL not FALSE

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79032&edit=1 ID: 79032 User updated by: admin at feministwiki dot org Reported by: admin at feministwiki dot org Summary: ldap_count_entries returns NULL not FALSE Status: Open Type: Bug Package: LDAP related Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS PHP Version: 7.4.1 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Just a note: the expression 'cn=$newUsername' should of course be "cn=$newUsername" in my test script, although this makes no difference to the bug report. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-12-25 15:30:39] admin at feministwiki dot org Description: ------------ --- From manual page: https://php.net/function.ldap-count-entries --- When you forget to provide the first argument to ldap_count_entries (i.e. the link to the LDAP connection), it returns NULL instead of FALSE. As per documentation and consistency with other LDAP functions, it should return FALSE to indicate an error. Test script: --------------- $ldapLink = ldap_connect('localhost'); ldap_set_option($ldapLink, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, 3); $memberBase = "ou=members,dc=feministwiki,dc=org"; $userDN = "cn=testuser,$memberBase"; $newUsername = 'whatever'; ldap_bind($ldapLink, $userDN, '[REDACTED]'); $result = ldap_search($ldapLink, $memberBase, 'cn=$newUsername', array()); var_dump(ldap_count_entries($result)); # First argument missing. Expected result: ---------------- The function should return FALSE to indicate an error, as per documentation and consistency with other LDAP functions. Actual result: -------------- The function returns NULL. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79032&edit=1