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[!--quoteo(post=358880:date=Mar 27 2006, 02:46 PM:name=Essjay_d12)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Essjay_d12 @ Mar 27 2006, 02:46 PM) [snapback]358880[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]
i need to use php to split code into two ways...

if there are rows found from the search query then echo 'found'

if there are no rows then echo 'not found'

thanks

d
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if (mysql_num_rows($result))
{
   echo 'found';
}
else
{
   echo 'none found';
}
[/code]

[b]EDIT:[/b] whoops beaten again. this post says 'delete me!'
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[!--quoteo(post=358893:date=Mar 27 2006, 09:28 AM:name=Essjay_d12)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Essjay_d12 @ Mar 27 2006, 09:28 AM) [snapback]358893[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]
i get following error

Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\dvdreviewer\genreSearch.php on line 271
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that means that most likely, your query is not being completed properly. adjust your query line to have a little error checking:
[code]
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM myTable") or die(mysql_error()); // your query here
if (mysql_num_rows($sql) > 0)
  echo "Records found!";
else
  echo "No records!";

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this is how my code is...

[code]
$query = "SELECT ID_NO, F_NAME, F_DIRECTOR, F_REVIEWER, F_DATETIME, F_TYPE, F_SUMMARY, F_REVIEW, F_SCORE FROM films WHERE F_TYPE LIKE '%$genre%' ORDER BY F_DATETIME LIMIT 1, 10 ";



$result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());

if (mysql_num_rows($result > 0)){
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$ID_NO = ($row['ID_NO']);
$F_NAME = ($row['F_NAME']);
$F_DIRECTOR = ($row['F_DIRECTOR']);
$F_REVIEWER = ($row['F_REVIEWER']);
$F_DATETIME = ($row['F_DATETIME']);
$F_TYPE = ($row['F_TYPE']);
$F_SUMMARY = ($row['F_SUMMARY']);
$F_REVIEW = ($row['F_REVIEW']);
$F_SCORE = ($row['F_SCORE']);


echo '<tr><td width="100" rowspan="3" valign="top"><img src="images/film/';
echo $ID_NO;
echo 'a.jpg" width="96" height="140" /></td><td width="227" height="29" valign="top">Film:';
echo $F_NAME;
echo  '</td><td width="86" valign="top"><a href=review.php?id=';
echo $ID_NO;
echo '> read review </a> </td></tr><tr><td height="31" valign="top">Director: ';
echo $F_DIRECTOR;
echo '</td><td valign="top">Score:  ';
echo $F_SCORE;  
echo '</td></tr><tr><td height="80" colspan="2" valign="top">Summary :  ';
echo $F_SUMMARY;  
echo '</td></tr><tr><td height="16" colspan="3" valign="top"><img src="images/siteGraphics/hr.jpg" width="413" height="11" alt="----------------------------------------------" /></td></tr>';
}
}
else
{
echo 'No film reviews in this Genre';
}
?>[/code]

it worked fine before i put the if statement in - only problem if no rows were found it just displayed a blank page and i need a message there, so need the if statement
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your problem as far as i can see is here:

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if (mysql_num_rows($result > 0)){
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what PHP does is evaluates the equation in the brackets first ($result>0) and then runs mysql_num_rows on it. $result>0 will return true or false, and mysql_num_rows(true) or mysql_num_rows(false) will both return errors.

what you need:

[code]
if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) {
[/code]

hope that helps
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