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Bug #49956 Issues with some procedural style mysqli functions
Submitted: 2009-10-22 13:15 UTC Modified: 2022-07-29 12:12 UTC
Votes:10
Avg. Score:3.8 ± 1.2
Reproduced:7 of 7 (100.0%)
Same Version:4 (57.1%)
Same OS:4 (57.1%)
From: wiesemann@php.net Assigned: levim (profile)
Status: Duplicate Package: Website problem
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 [2009-10-22 13:15 UTC] wiesemann@php.net 
Description:
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While e.g. http://php.net/mysql_num_fields shows the documentation for mysql_num_fields(), this doesn't work for http://php.net/mysqli_num_fields (=> "Sorry, but the function mysqli_num_fields  is not in the online manual."). The reason seems to be that the OO-style name is mysqli_result->field_count. The redirection works for e.g. mysqli_num_rows() which OO-style is has the same scheme: mysqli_result->num_rows.

This is not only an issue with the php.net/functionname redirection, but also with the search field in the right upper corner of the website. Searching for "mysqli_num_fields" in the "function list" leads to the same error as described above. Searching in the "online documentation" works, though.

(There might be other examples than mysqli_*, of course.)

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 [2014-03-05 21:12 UTC] levim@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Verified -Assigned To: +Assigned To: levim
 [2014-11-28 20:11 UTC] sobak@php.net 
Related To: Bug #66913
 [2014-11-28 20:11 UTC] sobak@php.net 
Related To: Bug #68513
 [2014-11-28 20:12 UTC] sobak@php.net 
Related To: Bug #64683
 [2015-05-24 23:03 UTC] levim@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of levim
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=web/php.git;a=commit;h=287cce470d5a84b9b56fbfaef472779671467ae9
Log: Partially fix bug #49956
 [2015-05-24 23:03 UTC] levim@php.net
-Status: Verified +Status: Closed
 [2015-05-24 23:07 UTC] levim@php.net
-Status: Closed +Status: Re-Opened
 [2015-05-24 23:07 UTC] levim@php.net 
I have fixed mysqli_real_escape_string, mysqli_get_connection_stats and friends. However, the specific case mentioned here of mysqli_num_fields will not work yet. I am unsure how to tackle that particular one at this time. Perhaps we need a mysqli specific solution to handle the ones that go from mysqli to mysqli_result.
 [2015-08-08 17:40 UTC] dragoonis@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of levim
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=web/php.git;a=commit;h=73dc6a460736179528557f481711daef54ea5416
Log: Partially fix bug #49956
 [2015-08-08 17:40 UTC] dragoonis@php.net
-Status: Re-Opened +Status: Closed
 [2015-08-09 00:06 UTC] tyrael@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of levim
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=web/php.git;a=commit;h=287cce470d5a84b9b56fbfaef472779671467ae9
Log: Partially fix bug #49956
 [2015-08-27 19:55 UTC] asphp at dsgml dot com 
This should not be closed, the bug is not fixed.
 [2015-08-27 20:39 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Closed +Status: Re-Opened
 [2016-05-25 17:09 UTC] hellsing at index dot hu 
This bug is already 6.5 years old and it still makes it harder to a procedural programmer to find documentation of mysqli functions.
 [2016-12-16 16:25 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Related To: Bug #73752
 [2016-12-16 21:24 UTC] philip@php.net 
A temporary mysqli specific fix was made for this, so it's moderately fixed. However, the root cause is not yet fixed.
 [2017-10-24 05:19 UTC] kalle@php.net
-Status: Re-Opened +Status: Assigned
 [2018-06-12 19:30 UTC] philip@php.net 
Related To: Bug #76447
 [2019-05-04 17:36 UTC] php4fan at gmail dot com 
It's not "moderately fixed", it's just "very partially fixed".

You have only fixed that the url https://www.php.net/mysqli_num_fields works, but if you type "mysqli_num_fields" it will show no autocomplete suggestions, and even if you submit, the search will find no results.

For some other mysqli_xxx functions, autocomplete won't show them but the search does find the result and serve the corresponding page.

Others yet work completely.
 [2019-05-04 17:43 UTC] kalle@php.net 
Related To: Bug #77972
 [2020-09-22 21:43 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Related To: Bug #80136
 [2021-03-03 11:44 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Related To: Bug #79876
 [2021-03-03 11:45 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Related To: Bug #67527
 [2021-03-03 11:45 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Related To: Bug #78232
 [2021-03-03 11:47 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Related To: Bug #76447
 [2021-03-03 11:47 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Related To: Bug #64127
 [2021-03-03 11:48 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Related To: Bug #69032
 [2021-03-04 12:30 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Related To: Bug #66340
 [2021-03-25 16:10 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Related To: Bug #72420
 [2021-06-22 14:35 UTC] php4fan at gmail dot com 
Search still fails to find mysqli_free_result:

https://www.php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=mysqli_free_result
 [2021-07-07 12:09 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Related To: Bug #81229
 [2021-08-09 10:56 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Related To: Bug #77303
 [2022-07-29 12:12 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Duplicate
 [2022-07-29 12:12 UTC] cmb@php.net 
I'm closing this in favor of <https://github.com/php/web-php/issues/677>.
 
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