#37419 [Opn]: PDO constructor returns NULL if empty options list is passed under Apache2

ID: 37419 Updated by: helly@php.net Reported By: suhachov at gmail dot com Status: Open Bug Type: Apache2 related -Operating System: WinXP +Operating System: * PHP Version: 5.1.4 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: ilia New Comment: NULL is indeed wrong. If the costructor fails we have two options, return an invalid object that cannot be used besides getting the error information or we must throw an error. Ilia managed to allow delay of base constructor call which allowed to drop final. Maybe he can check whether we can get the above behavior using the error mode. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-05-12 14:34:28] suhachov at gmail dot com I've solved this problem - MySQL extension wasn't loaded properly. But I think this behavior is strange anyway - why don't to say "cannot connect to MySQL"? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-05-12 14:20:11] suhachov at gmail dot com Description: ------------ new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;db=test','test','test',array()); returns NULL under Apache2 and normal object under CLI. Reproduce code: --------------- <? var_dump( new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;db=test','test','test',array()) ); ?> and run this under Apache2 (my version is 2.0.55) Expected result: ---------------- to get valid object Actual result: -------------- NULL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37419&edit=1