Question

$query = 'SELECT * FROM `table`'; $results = mysql_query($query, $connection); 

If ‘table’ has no rows. whats the easiest way to check for this.?

Answer 1

You could use mysql_num_rows($results) to check if 0 rows were returned, or use this faster alternative:

$query = 'SELECT COUNT(*) AS total FROM table'; $results = mysql_query($query, $connection); $values = mysql_fetch_assoc($results); $num_rows = $values['total'];