Doc #54658 [Opn->Csd]: The return type of Memcache:pconnect is NOT boolean!

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54658&edit=1 ID: 54658 Updated by: frozenfire@php.net Reported by: eu at serbannistor dot ro Summary: The return type of Memcache:pconnect is NOT boolean! -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem Operating System: RH5 PHP Version: 5.2.17 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: frozenfire Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-07-02 04:05:15] frozenfire@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of frozenfire Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=312801 Log: Fixed Memcache::pconnect return value, closing bug #54658 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-05-04 14:17:15] eu at serbannistor dot ro Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/memcache.pconnect#Return Values --- In fact, Memcache::pconnect(), just like Memcache::connect() returns a mixed type. It will return a Memcache object if the connection is successful or a boolean false if the connection fails. Also a notice and an error will be outputted. Test script: --------------- <?php // memcached is running $memcache_obj1 = memcache_pconnect("memcache_host1", 11211); var_dump($memcache_obj1); /* will output: object(Memcache)#3 (1) { ["connection"]=> resource(6) of type (memcache connection) } */ // memcached is stopped $memcache_obj2 = memcache_pconnect("memcache_host2", 11211); var_dump($memcache_obj2); /* will output: PHP Notice: memcache_pconnect(): Server memcache_host2 (tcp 11211) failed with: Connection refused (111) in /home/jdoe/memcache-test.php on line 31 Notice: memcache_pconnect(): Server memcache_host2 (tcp 11211) failed with: Connection refused (111) in /home/jdoe/memcache-test.php on line 31 PHP Warning: memcache_pconnect(): Can't connect to memcache_host2:11211, Connection refused (111) in /home/jdoe/memcache-test.php on line 31 Warning: memcache_pconnect(): Can't connect to memcache_host2:11211, Connection refused (111) in /home/jdoe/memcache-test.php on line 31 bool(false) */ Expected result: ---------------- According to the documentation the output for the above cases should be: bool(true); bool(false); Actual result: -------------- Stated above in the description. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54658&edit=1