Doc #61284 [NEW]: Misleading example

From: Operating system: PHP version: 5.3.10 Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:Misleading example Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/pdo.error-handling --- The example provided ("Create a PDO instance and set the error mode") is correct but IMHO it's slightly misleading as well. It suggests that this line: $dbh->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION); ... has any effect in capturing connection errors but, if connection fails, the line will not even execute. The base problem is probably that the PDO constructor does not seem to obey PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE settings anyway: on error, it'll always trigger a warning and throw a PDOException. That's not documented either. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61284&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61284&r=mysqlcfg