[SOLVED] Selecting values that are not null

[Richzilla]

I have a database with a few cells that are blank. I want to only show those that have a value in them. SO i thought that using the following statement would help -

 

if ($download1 != "")

{

code

}

 

 

What do i have to put in the "" to make sure that only downlaods with a link will get displayed? Is there another way of perfroming the same function?

[john010117]

if ($download1 != NULL) {
code
}

[redbullmarky]

even shorter, you can generally get away with just:

 

<?php
if ($download1)
{
}
?>

 

which will handle empty, null and zero values for $download1

[Richzilla]

Thnaks for the swift repiles, however both ways are causing my broswer to lock up and timeout. However I think this is due to the sheer amount of data what i'm trying to display. I think i need to shorten the table size. thanks chaps it looks like iot works