mysql_num_rows giving error “mysql_num_rows() expects parameter 1 to be resource”

Question

public function doesUserExist($u) {

    $this->dbConnect();

    mysql_select_db($this->database);

    $sUser = mysql_real_escape_string($u);

    $query = \"SEL         


        

Answer 1

You have not actually executed your query:

$query = "SELECT username FROM $this->table WHERE username='$sUser'";
$doesFieldExist = false;

// Execute the query with mysql_query()
$result = mysql_query($query);

// $result is a result resource that can be passed 
// to mysql_num_rows() unless the query failed and $result is FALSE
if ($result && mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) {
    $doesFieldExist = true;
}