Whats the proper way to check if mysql_query() returned any results?

Question

I tried what seemed like the most intuitive approach

$query = \"SELECT * FROM members 
          WHERE username = \'$_CLEAN[username]\'
          AND password =          


        

Answer 1

If you're checking for exactly one row:

if ($Row = mysql_fetch_object($result)) {
    // do stuff
}

You can use mysql_fetch_array() instead, or whatever, but the principle is the same. If you're doing expecting 1 or more rows:

while ($Row = mysql_fetch_object($result)) {
    // do stuff
}

This will loop until it runs out of rows, at which point it'll continue on.