need to test if sql query was successful

Question

I have this query and if it returns successful, I want another function to process, if not, do not process that function.

Here is the code for running the query

Answer 1

This has proven the safest mechanism for me to test for failure on insert or update:

$result = $db->query(' ... ');
if ((gettype($result) == "object" && $result->num_rows == 0) || !$result) {
   failure 
}