Bug #60391 [NEW]: fputcsv() returns NULL if first argument is not resource

From: Operating system: Windows 7 PHP version: 5.4.0RC2 Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:fputcsv() returns NULL if first argument is not resource Description: ------------ PHP documentation on fputcsv() [http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fputcsv.php] says (quote): "Returns the length of the written string or FALSE on failure". This is not true if fputcsv() gets a non-resource variable as it's first argument. In this case it returns NULL. Test script: --------------- $arg =true; //$arg =false; //$arg =1; //$arg =null; //$arg =array(); //$arg =new stdClass; var_dump( fputcsv( $arg, array( 'x', 'y', 'z'))); Expected result: ---------------- bool(false) Actual result: -------------- NULL -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60391&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60391&r=mysqlcfg