Doc #66290 [NEW]: (bool)(new Mysqli(...)) is always TRUE !!

From: ryosuke_i_628 at yahoo dot co dot jp Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:(bool)(new Mysqli(...)) is always TRUE !! Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/mysqli.construct --- (bool)(new Mysqli(...)) is always TRUE. So you can't use this value for judging. You have to use mysqli_connect_errno(). Expected result: ---------------- <?php $link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'my_db'); if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { die('Connect Error (' . mysqli_connect_errno() . ') ' . mysqli_connect_error()); } echo 'Success... ' . mysqli_get_host_info($link) . "\n"; mysqli_close($link); ?> Actual result: -------------- <?php $link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'my_db'); if (!$link) { die('Connect Error (' . mysqli_connect_errno() . ') ' . mysqli_connect_error()); } echo 'Success... ' . mysqli_get_host_info($link) . "\n"; mysqli_close($link); ?> -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66290&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66290&r=mysqlcfg