PHP: How to display a default Image if the specified one doesn't exists?

Question

I am working on a little project and I need to display the author\'s image for each author in my database. peep the code below:

--THE QUERY--

Answer 1

Try this way: For Laravel:

  image);
                    if(isset($image['host'])){
                         $image= $user->image;
                        }
                    else if($image==null){ 
                        $image= Request::root().'/uploads'.'/subsystems_icons/'.'democp.jpg';   
                    }
                    else {
                        $image= Request::root().'/uploads/'.$user->image;
                    }
                ?>