> From: Ard Biesheuvel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 7:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] database driver: no more rows > > >>I wouldn't mind such a change myself, however what about all the > >>installations > >>where people do while (*fetch_row() !== false) ? > > Wouldn't it be a lot easier to do it the other way around ? > I mean, the semantics of returning false when a fetch cannot be executed > because aren't any rows left is perfectly clear, and returning NULL when > the result cannot be determined (because of an error) is also better > than returning any other value (like 'false'). > > This would also be easier to carry out while maintaining BC.
Err .. I don't agree. Null means no data False means error. Regards, Lukas -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
