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Doc Bug #65158 mysql_num_rows() ambigious return value description
Submitted: 2013-06-28 12:46 UTC Modified: 2013-10-22 08:15 UTC
From: ddpm at liscovius dot de Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
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 [2013-06-28 12:46 UTC] ddpm at liscovius dot de 
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.mysql-num-rows#refsect1-function.mysql-num-rows-returnvalues
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It is unclear what "failure" means in the description of this function.

If a query return 0 rows it is IMHO not a failure. It is a valuable information, that 0 entry match my query.

So I suggest reformulating this part and make clear what is given back if no row 
matched the query.

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 [2013-10-22 08:15 UTC] krakjoe@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2013-10-22 08:15 UTC] krakjoe@php.net 
It should be obvious to anyone expecting int(0) that they should !== false the result of the call.

Changing the wording will not promote correct use of the function, because it would not provide different information, the same information using different words.
 
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