#45646 [Opn]: Failed Connect Does Not Return FALSE

ID: 45646 User updated by: djneoform at gmail dot com Reported By: djneoform at gmail dot com Status: Open Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Win2k3 Standard PHP Version: 5.2.6 New Comment: What then is the proper way to verify that a connection has been established while using the OO version? It seems innapropriate to be using a class object, only to use mysqli_connect_errno() in order to verify that the connection was established. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-07-29 21:01:44] jani@php.net The manual page isn't quite clear that this concerns only the procedural style connect, not the OO way. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-07-28 14:49:21] djneoform at gmail dot com Description: ------------ When a mysqli connection fails, the returned value is an empty mysqli object and not a bool(FALSE), this means any tests on the connection will not work, eg: if ($conn) { ... } When the documentation: http://ca.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.connect.php States: "Return Values Returns a object which represents the connection to a MySQL Server or FALSE if the connection failed." Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $connection = new mysqli('localhost', 'badinfo', 'badinfo', 'badinfo'); var_dump($connection); ?> Expected result: ---------------- bool(FALSE) Actual result: -------------- object(mysqli)#1 (0) { } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45646&edit=1