Posted by Jerim79 on 11/21/06 15:33

I am working on a script that will query a database for a FNAME/LNAME
combo. If it finds the combo, I need it to do one set of instructions.
If it doesn't find it, I need it to do something else. What I can't
figure out is what variable to check against. Here is what I have for
the relevant part of the script:

$connection = mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password);
mysql_select_db($databasename) or die ("Cannot connect to database" .
mysql_error());
$query="SELECT FNAME, LNAME FROM (table) WHERE FNAME=('$FName') AND
NAME=('$LName')";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die('Query failed: ' . mysql_error());

mysql_close($connection);

I tried checking the value of $result to see if it changed depending on
whether or not it found the selection. It does not. I just can't figure
out what to use for:

if (some expression){
perform this code
}
else{
do this
}

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