Thanks for all the help. I was just placing the ! in the wrong place. Thanks again,
Ed On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Greg Beaver wrote: > > > Mincu Alexandru wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 18:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>Whenever I query a database with php I've always used the following code > >>as a result. > >> > > > > this way: > > > > if (!$row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { > > do something } > > else { > > do seomthing else } > > It is simpler to do this: > > if ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { > do something else > } else { > do something > } > > You would be well advised to use this syntax: > > if (!($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))) > > to ensure operator precedence is clear. (the equals followed by not) > > Regards, > Greg > -- > phpDocumentor > http://www.phpdoc.org > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php