3 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
index 428b7e7f6..dc3d0cf48 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ class CI_DB_mysqli_driver extends CI_DB {
 	 */
 	public function db_connect($persistent = FALSE)
 	{
+		// PHP 8.1 changes default error handling mode from silent to exceptions - reverse that
+		if (is_php('8.1'))
+		{
+			$mysqli_driver = new mysqli_driver();
+			$mysqli_driver->report_mode = MYSQLI_REPORT_OFF;
+		}
+
 		// Do we have a socket path?
 		if ($this->hostname[0] === '/')
 		{
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php
index af636e3f5..22638f901 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class CI_DB_postgre_driver extends CI_DB {
 	 * Database connection
 	 *
 	 * @param	bool	$persistent
-	 * @return	resource
+	 * @return	resource|object
 	 */
 	public function db_connect($persistent = FALSE)
 	{
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class CI_DB_postgre_driver extends CI_DB {
 	 * Execute the query
 	 *
 	 * @param	string	$sql	an SQL query
-	 * @return	resource
+	 * @return	resource|object
 	 */
 	protected function _execute($sql)
 	{
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php
index a0a628f0a..d977a60e3 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class CI_DB_postgre_result extends CI_DB_result {
 	 */
 	public function free_result()
 	{
-		if (is_resource($this->result_id))
+		if ($this->result_id !== FALSE)
 		{
 			pg_free_result($this->result_id);
 			$this->result_id = FALSE;