From:             imbeware at yahoo dot com
Operating system: Any
PHP version:      Irrelevant
Package:          PDO related
Bug Type:         Feature/Change Request
Bug description:Password should be concealed on connection error

Description:
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As defined in the Warning note on
http://php.net/manual/en/pdo.connections.php connection errors from the PDO
constructor if not caught will reveal the database password.

Why I think this is a problem?

Consider if you have an offshore team of programmers where the password
should not be known to "junior" programmers. This poses a security leak if
a connection error occurs while on development mode. Also take in to
consideration the novice programmers who are not aware of turning off
errors during production or using try/catch.

Test script:
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$dbh = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=wrongdbname', 'user', 'pass');


Expected result:
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if the code produces a connection error, the username and password of the
database will be revealed 

Actual result:
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Upon error the following message appears with the username and password

Fatal error:  Uncaught exception 'PDOException' with message
'SQLSTATE[42000] [1049] Unknown database 'wrongdbname' in
D:\htdocs\index.php:1
Stack trace:
#0 D:\htdocs\index.php(16): PDO->__construct('mysql:host=loca...',
'user', 'pass')

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