diff -Naurp php-5.3.2.orig/ext/mysqli/mysqli_api.c php-5.3.2/ext/mysqli/mysqli_api.c
--- php-5.3.2.orig/ext/mysqli/mysqli_api.c	2010-02-04 15:28:55.000000000 -0500
+++ php-5.3.2/ext/mysqli/mysqli_api.c	2010-04-26 08:20:20.735030470 -0400
@@ -1665,13 +1665,13 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(mysqli_options)
 {
 	MY_MYSQL		*mysql;
 	zval			*mysql_link = NULL;
-	zval			*mysql_value;
+	zval			**mysql_value;
 	long			mysql_option;
 	unsigned int	l_value;
 	long			ret;
 	int				expected_type;
 
-	if (zend_parse_method_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS() TSRMLS_CC, getThis(), "Olz", &mysql_link, mysqli_link_class_entry, &mysql_option, &mysql_value) == FAILURE) {
+	if (zend_parse_method_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS() TSRMLS_CC, getThis(), "OlZ", &mysql_link, mysqli_link_class_entry, &mysql_option, &mysql_value) == FAILURE) {
 		return;
 	}
 	MYSQLI_FETCH_RESOURCE(mysql, MY_MYSQL *, &mysql_link, "mysqli_link", MYSQLI_STATUS_INITIALIZED);
@@ -1682,13 +1682,13 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(mysqli_options)
 		}
 	}
 	expected_type = mysqli_options_get_option_zval_type(mysql_option);
-	if (expected_type != Z_TYPE_P(mysql_value)) {
+	if (expected_type != Z_TYPE_PP(mysql_value)) {
 		switch (expected_type) {
 			case IS_STRING:
-				convert_to_string_ex(&mysql_value);
+				convert_to_string_ex(mysql_value);
 				break;
 			case IS_LONG:
-				convert_to_long_ex(&mysql_value);
+				convert_to_long_ex(mysql_value);
 				break;
 			default:
 				break;
@@ -1696,10 +1696,10 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(mysqli_options)
 	}
 	switch (expected_type) {
 		case IS_STRING:
-			ret = mysql_options(mysql->mysql, mysql_option, Z_STRVAL_PP(&mysql_value));
+			ret = mysql_options(mysql->mysql, mysql_option, Z_STRVAL_PP(mysql_value));
 			break;
 		case IS_LONG:
-			l_value = Z_LVAL_PP(&mysql_value);
+			l_value = Z_LVAL_PP(mysql_value);
 			ret = mysql_options(mysql->mysql, mysql_option, (char *)&l_value);
 			break;
 		default: