Why does mysql_query() return TRUE with a SELECT statement?

Question

According to the manual of mysql_query() and to everything I know about this function that I used so many times, it can either return a resource or FALSE if the

Answer 1

mysql_query doesn't return FALSE, let alone TRUE. It returns a resource id that if equates to zero, con be taken as FALSE. My example is to illustrate boolean results

$resource = mysql_query($query, $handle);
if (!$resource) throw some exception;
if (!$resource && strpos($query, 'SELECT')) {
throw new Exception('mysql_query() returned TRUE for SELECT');
}

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