[PHP-BUG] Bug #51400 [NEW]: mysql_fetch_array() returns NULL

[email protected] ("aa at marcandi dot com") Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:56:18 +0100 (CET)
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Operating system: CentOS 5.2 (64-bit)
PHP version:      5.3.2
Package:          MySQL related
Bug Type:         Bug
Bug description:mysql_fetch_array() returns NULL

Description:
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Calling mysql_fetch_array() with an empty/errorneous result set returns
NULL, not 
FALSE. This is a behavioral change from 5.2.10.

Documentation says: "Returns an array of strings that corresponds to the
fetched 
row, or FALSE if there are no more rows."


Test script:
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$r = @mysql_query( 'This is a broken query' );
$f = @mysql_fetch_array( $r );
print var_dump( $f );


Expected result:
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FALSE

Actual result:
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NULL

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Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2):            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=trysnapshot52
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Fixed in SVN:                        http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=fixed
Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=needdocs
Fixed in release:                    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:                      http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script:               http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=needscript
Try newer version:                   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:                 http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=support
Expected behavior:                   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=notwrong
Not enough info:                     http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:                     http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:                    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=php4
Daylight Savings:                    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=dst
IIS Stability:                       http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:                     http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=gnused
Floating point limitations:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=float
No Zend Extensions:                  http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51400&r=mysqlcfg