trapped by previous error :
php -r '$link = mysqli_init();
var_dump($link->real_connect("127.0.0.1", "unknown", "unknown"));
var_dump($link->real_connect("127.0.0.1", "known", "password"));'
shows the problem. The second connect did not work, as it should be.
DBG_ENTER("mysqlnd_conn::connect");
+ SET_EMPTY_ERROR(conn->error_info);
+ SET_ERROR_AFF_ROWS(conn);
+
DBG_INF_FMT("host=%s user=%s db=%s port=%u flags=%u persistent=%u state=%u",
host?host:"", user?user:"", db?db:"", port, mysql_flags,
conn? conn->persistent:0, conn? CONN_GET_STATE(conn):-1);