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curl_setopt(_array) should warn on errors

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Description

Description

The following code:

When using curl_setopt_array to set CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER it returns the result and bool.
I was able to fix this by adding curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

<?php
$ch = curl_init();
$options = [CURLOPT_URL => 'https://google.com', CURLOPT_TCP_FASTOPEN => true, CURLOPT_TRANSFERTEXT => false, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true];

curl_setopt_array($ch, $options);
$res = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

var_dump($res);

Resulted in this output:

<HTML><HEAD><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
<TITLE>301 Moved</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>
<H1>301 Moved</H1>
The document has moved
<A HREF="https://www.google.com/">here</A>.
</BODY></HTML>
bool(true)

But I expected this output instead:

<HTML><HEAD><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
<TITLE>301 Moved</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>
<H1>301 Moved</H1>
The document has moved
<A HREF="https://www.google.com/">here</A>.
</BODY></HTML>
PHP Version

8.1.6 & 8.1.12

Operating System

Windows 10

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the provided curl_setopt_array example on PHP 8.1 and compare its return value with the reported output. Then trace the curl_setopt_array entry point in php-src; done means the reported error condition is identified and the intended warning behavior is covered by a regression test.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
networking
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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