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MySQLi PHP Show If recordset field is empty

Thread began 9/18/2014 7:34 am by Nathon Jones Web Design | Last modified 11/30/2020 8:59 am by Ray Borduin | 2595 views | 9 replies |

Nathon Jones Web Design

MySQLi PHP Show If recordset field is empty

I see a Show If Recordset is/is not Empty option in the Server Behaviours panel but no Show If Field is/is not Empty. I'm using a MySQLi recordset and have tried this to only show a link if a recordset field is empty but I know the field isn't empty however it isn't displaying on the page:

<?php if($row_rsACT['SMTactwebsite'] != "") { ?>
<a href="http://<?php echo($rsACT->getColumnVal("SMTactwebsite")); ?>" class="list-group-item"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-globe"></span> Official Website</a>
<?php } ?>

Hope you can help. Thank you.
NJ

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

the if statement should be:
<?php if($rsACT->getColumnVal("SMTactwebsite") != "") { ?>

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msbannister373603

I have a follow up question. This solution works fine when you are checking one column in the row. However, I have 3 columns. If there is data in any of the 3 database columns I need that total row to show. In your example above, I'm trying to expand the column to check 3 instead of 1. Thx

I figured this out: Using OR

<?php if($WADAstats_details->getColumnVal("oppo45") OR ($WADAstats_details->getColumnVal("oppoDate45")) OR ($WADAstats_details->getColumnVal("venue45"))!= "") { ?>
<?php } // Show if mysqli recordset empty ?>

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Nathon Jones Web Design

Does "OR" work here? Isn't it...

<?php if($WADAstats_details->getColumnVal("oppo45") || ($WADAstats_details->getColumnVal("oppoDate45")) || ($WADAstats_details->getColumnVal("venue45")) !== "") { ?>
Content you want to show here if all three columns have no value/data.
<?php } // Show if mysqli recordset empty ?>
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anonymous

Thanks. Both seem to work fine.

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msbannister373603

Any idea on this. I'm trying to check to see if multiple columns are empty. This seems to work with one column. However, can't figure out how to get to check multiple colums. Need to check "oppo1", oppo2, oppo3.

<?php if ($WADAstats_details->getColumnVal("oppo1") == 0) { // Show if mysqli recordset empty ?>
This recordset field is empty
<?php } // Show if mysqli recordset empty ?>

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msbannister373603

Any idea on this. I'm trying to check to see if multiple columns are empty. This seems to work with one column. However, can't figure out how to get to check multiple colums. Need to check "oppo1", oppo2, oppo3.

<?php if ($WADAstats_details->getColumnVal("oppo1") == 0) { // Show if mysqli recordset empty ?>
This recordset field is empty
<?php } // Show if mysqli recordset empty ?>

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Nathon Jones Web Design

What data type are the oppo1, 2 and 3 fields?

<?php if($WADAstats_details->getColumnVal("oppo1") == "" && $WADAstats_details->getColumnVal("oppo2") == "" && $WADAstats_details->getColumnVal("oppo3") == "") { // Show if mysqli recordset empty ?>
These recordset fields are all empty
<?php } // Show if mysqli recordset empty ?>

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msbannister373603

Thx Nathan. You are the man. You got it. I spent hours looking for an example of how to do this. I got close! Thx and hope this helps someone else.

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Nathon Jones Web Design

No problem. I think you can also do IS NOT NULL, as opposed to == 0, if you're testing against a NULL value.
Happy to help.
NJ

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