note 118311 added to mysqli-result.num-rows

in php 5.3.8 had unexpected troubles when checking for mysqli_result::$num_rows If the result of the query is empty then var_dump of the result will be like this: class mysqli_result#5 (5) { public $current_field => NULL public $field_count => NULL public $lengths => NULL public $num_rows => NULL public $type => NULL } but var_dump($result->num_rows) will give integer-typed zero instead of NULL: int(0) ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 95.153.131.127 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/mysqli-result.num-rows.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/118311 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118311/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118311/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118311/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118311/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118311/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118311/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118311 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/118311 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php