Try
$text = "Joe of Egypt";
$sql = "SELECT title FROM book WHERE title LIKE '$text'";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
If(mysql_num_rows($result) >= '1')
{
  while ( $row = mysql_fetch_array($sql) ) {
    echo("<P>" . $row["title"] . "</P>");
  }
}

My Ideas my not make some people happy with my design but I use it and it
works very well



-----Original Message-----
From: PJ [mailto:af.gour...@videotron.ca] 
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 5:07 PM
To: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: [PHP] verify text in field

Is there a shorter way of determining if a field contains text?
This works but I wonder if I can K.I.S.S. it? I really only need to know
if there is or is not a field containing the text specified. I don't
need to see it.
<?php
 
  // Request the text
  $text = "Joe of Egypt";
  $sql = "SELECT title FROM book WHERE title LIKE '$text'";
  $result = mysql_query($sql);
  if (!$result) {
    echo("<P>Error performing query: " .
         mysql_error() . "</P>");
    exit();
  }

  // Display the text
  while ( $row = mysql_fetch_array($result) ) {
    echo("<P>" . $row["title"] . "</P>");
  }
  if ($row["title"] == "")
      echo ("Empty!")

?>

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Phil Jourdan --- p...@ptahhotep.com
   http://www.ptahhotep.com
   http://www.chiccantine.com


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