Sorry, the error message was:

'Couldn't fetch mysqli2'

Hi, I've found a solution for this problem. It can be solved with:

class mysqli2 extends mysqli
{
    public function __construct( $host, $user, $pass, $db )
    {
        $this->init();
        $this->options(MYSQLI_OPT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, 5);
        $this->real_connect( $host, $user, $pass, $db );
    }
}

But you may consider review your docs, because it's and undocumented feature!

Give me a hint, what's up with the documentation?

http://us2.php.net/mysqli_connect shows that calling constructor of the mysqli class is equal to calling mysqli_connect(). As you know, you need to call mysqli_options() before a connection has been established. In your reproduceable code you suggest a derived class which explicitly calls the parent constructor to create a connection. Once the parent constructor has been called you try to call mysqli_options() (mysqli::options()). That's too late.

Your second example gets it right. How could we improve the documentation? Thanks!

Ulf

For example with an example inside the mysqli_init() or mysqli_options() function docs:

class mysqli2 extends mysqli
{
    public function __construct( $host, $user, $pass, $db )
    {
        parent::init();
        parent::options( MYSQLI_OPT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, 5 );
        parent::real_connect( $host, $user, $pass, $db );
    }
}

Regards.

Not a bug, solution is given, documentation "flaw" discussed.

Examples added to manual.