From: sr at brightlight dot ch Operating system: * PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: mysqli_connect erroneous example 2
Description: ------------ Quote from http://php.benscom.com/manual/en/function.mysqli- connect.php: Example 2. Procedural style <?php $link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world"); /* check connection */ if (!$link) { printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error()); exit(); } ... ?> This leads to the wrong assumption mysqli_connect would return a link resource which it doesnt. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34352&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34352&r=mysqlcfg
