How to check if id already exists - codeigniter

Question

i am trying to check if an id in the database already exists and if it does not then only insert that id and not the other ones that exist

I have tried to do a where sta

Answer 1

You should try like this:

public function record_exists(){
   $exists = $this->db->get_where('table_name', array('id' => $id));
   if($exists->num_rows() > 0 ){
       echo "Some message";
       return false;
   }else{
      // Insert your data into the database...
   }
}