#31094 [Opn->Csd]: mysqli_connect() does not accept socket=false

ID: 31094 User updated by: oliver at realtsp dot com Reported By: oliver at realtsp dot com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: MySQLi related Operating System: FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE PHP Version: 5.0.2 New Comment: just tested with php-5.0.3. one of the bug fixes in this release, although it it not clear to me from the changelog, has fixed the bug also. guess it is was worthwhile to record this here for people stuck on 5.0.3 thanks Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-12-14 19:27:25] oliver at realtsp dot com Description: ------------ mysqli_connect() no longer accepts false/null for the socket parameter. It interprets it as an empty string and as a result fails to find the socket and therefore connect. Previous versions used to ignore false/null and just use the hostname etc to connect. The reason I am not just changing the call to $db = mysqli_connect($host, $username, $password, $database); is because this code is from PEAR::DB and this change would be quite major. See my bug: http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=2960 as danielc points out: "most PHP functions gladly accept false/null for optional string arguments without causing problems" Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $db = mysqli_connect($host, $username, $password, $database, null, null); ?> same result with <?php $db = mysqli_connect($host, $username, $password, $database, false, false); ?> Expected result: ---------------- a valid connection Actual result: -------------- following error: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '' (2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=31094&edit=1