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Bug #73963 mysqli_connect returns old object for invalid connection
Submitted: 2017-01-20 14:26 UTC Modified: 2017-01-29 04:22 UTC
From: thamizh82 at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: No Feedback Package: MySQLi related
PHP Version: 5.6.30 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2017-01-20 14:26 UTC] thamizh82 at gmail dot com
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.mysqli-connect
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$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");

var_dump($con);  -> Return mysql object.

$conn = mysqli_connect(NULL, $user, $pass);
$conn = mysqli_connect('NULL', $user, $pass);
Return Same/old object given before. Not thrown false or error.

$conn = mysqli_connect('NULLTest', $user, $pass);
Return false

Test script:
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$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");

var_dump($con);  -> Return mysql object.

$conn = mysqli_connect(NULL, $user, $pass);
$conn = mysqli_connect('NULL', $user, $pass);
Return Same object given before. Not thrown false or error.

$conn = mysqli_connect('NULLTest', $user, $pass);
Return false

Expected result:
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$conn = mysqli_connect(NULL, $user, $pass);

Should return false.

Actual result:
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$conn = mysqli_connect(NULL, $user, $pass);

var_dump($con);  -> Return mysql object.

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 [2017-01-20 16:09 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback -Package: Output Control +Package: MySQLi related
 [2017-01-20 16:09 UTC] requinix@php.net
NULL for the host will assume localhost (which is documented), so
  mysqli_connect("localhost", $user, $pass)
  mysqli_connect(NULL, $user, $pass)
are the same.

The only thing suspicious is
  mysqli_connect("NULL", $user, $pass)
Are you absolutely certain that passing the string "NULL" gives you a working connection? (And your system isn't resolving it to localhost.) The connection might be reused - what if you don't connect successfully earlier?
 [2017-01-29 04:22 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net
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