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Doc Bug #31238 pg_field_is_null fails for column with upper case name
Submitted: 2004-12-22 01:00 UTC Modified: 2004-12-29 14:41 UTC
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From: phpdevel-no-spam at pv2c dot sk Assigned: sniper (profile)
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 4CVS, 5CVS (2004-12-22) OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-12-22 01:00 UTC] phpdevel-no-spam at pv2c dot sk 
Description:
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When calling pg_field_is_null() with 3. parameter the column name and it has upper case letters in it, an error is the result:
"PHP Warning:  pg_field_is_null(): Bad column offset specified in bugtest.php on line 15"

This bug was reproduced using PostgreSQL 7.4.6, PHP 4.3.10
PostgreSQL 7.4.6, PHP 4.3.9
PostgreSQL 7.4.6, PHP 4.3.10
using two different servers.

This bug doesn't occur when the 3. parameter is column offset, or the column name contains only lover case letters.

Reproduce code:
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http://www.pv2c.sk/php/bugtest.zip (1KB)

Included is also a sample db creation script.

Expected result:
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Just want to know if the column is NULL.

Actual result:
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Just an warning.

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 [2004-12-22 09:06 UTC] sniper@php.net 
I can verify this. It happens because the underlying
PQfnumber() function tolower()'s the passed field name.

You can avoid that by passing the name double-quoted:

- if(pg_field_is_null($res, 0, $field))
+ if(pg_field_is_null($res, 0, "\"$field\""))

I have prepared a patch for this but it's up to the "committee" whether we will fix this in sources or in documentation.
 [2004-12-22 18:32 UTC] iliaa@php.net 
This should be documented.
 [2004-12-29 14:41 UTC] vrana@php.net 
It's already mentioned at http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pgsql.php :
"PostgreSQL automatically folds all identifiers (e.g. table/column names) to lower-case values. To get it to recognize upper-case values, you must always wrap the identifier in quotes."
 
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