Doc #65158 [Opn->Nab]: mysql_num_rows() ambigious return value description

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65158&edit=1 ID: 65158 Updated by: krakjoe@php.net Reported by: ddpm at liscovius dot de Summary: mysql_num_rows() ambigious return value description -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: It should be obvious to anyone expecting int(0) that they should !== false the result of the call. Changing the wording will not promote correct use of the function, because it would not provide different information, the same information using different words. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-06-28 12:46:16] ddpm at liscovius dot de Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.mysql-num-rows#refsect1-function.mysql-num-rows-returnvalues --- It is unclear what "failure" means in the description of this function. If a query return 0 rows it is IMHO not a failure. It is a valuable information, that 0 entry match my query. So I suggest reformulating this part and make clear what is given back if no row matched the query. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65158&edit=1