Question

my problem is this

i am fetching a mysql row via this

                $sql_istorrenthere = $this->query_silent("SELECT media_type
FROM " . DB_PREFIX . "auction_media WHERE
                auction_id='" . $item_details['auction_id'] . "'"); 
$row = mysql_fetch_array($sql_istorrenthere);

and then calling it with this

if ($row['media_type'] == 4) 
{

        $display_output = GMSG_TORRENT;}
        else
        {
        $display_output = GMSG_NOTORRENT;
        }
}

however, media_type has multiple values, (1,2,3,4)
how to write it so that it checks if 4 exists? because now i believe it is checking if media_type equals 4 and that is false, which is giving me the wrong display_output

Answer 1

You can use mysql_num_rows to determine if any rows were returned, and this works by adding a search condition in your query adding ” AND media_type = 4″ to the end

if(mysql_num_rows($sql_istorrenthere)) {

} else {

}

// You can loop through records by doing the following, this prints out every media type :)
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql_istorrenthere)) {
    echo $row['media_type'] . '<br />';
}