#31612 [NEW]: No error message returned from curl_error() when connection fails by IP.

From: brian dot sanders at cometsystems dot com Operating system: Fedora Core 3 PHP version: 5.0.2 PHP Bug Type: cURL related Bug description: No error message returned from curl_error() when connection fails by IP. Description: ------------ When requesting a file from a bad IP (in this case 127.0.0.1, with no Web server running) cURL fails to retreive a page (as expected.) curl_errno() returns an error code of 7, but curl_error returns NULL. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 1); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://127.0.0.1'); $result = curl_exec($ch); print('Error code: '.curl_errno($ch)."\n"); print('Error message: '.curl_error($ch)."\n"); ?> Expected result: ---------------- 7 Failed to connect (or some such error) Actual result: -------------- 7 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=31612&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31612&r=mysqlcfg