From: Operating system: Windows PHP version: 5.3.8 Package: MySQL related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:mysql_fetch_row bad return value on error
Description: ------------ When $result parameter of mysql_fetch_row isn't resource, mysql_fetch_row returns NULL instead of FALSE. This code: while (($data = mysql_fetch_row($result)) !== false) { ... } gets in infinite loop Test script: --------------- $result = mysql_query("BAD SQL SYNTAX OR CONNECTION PROBLEM"); // $result value is now FALSE $data = mysql_fetch_row($result); var_dump($data); Expected result: ---------------- bool(false) Actual result: -------------- NULL -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60251&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60251&r=mysqlcfg