How to check if MySQL returns null/empty?

Question

In DB I have a table with a field called fk_ownerID. By default, when I add a new table row, the fk_ownerID is empty. In Toad for MySQL, this is sh

Answer 1

You can use is_null() function.

http://php.net/manual/en/function.is-null.php : in the comments :

mdufour at gmail dot com 20-Aug-2008 04:31 Testing for a NULL field/column returned by a mySQL query.

Say you want to check if field/column “foo” from a given row of the table “bar” when > returned by a mySQL query is null. You just use the “is_null()” function:

[connect…]
$qResult=mysql_query("Select foo from bar;");
while ($qValues=mysql_fetch_assoc($qResult))
     if (is_null($qValues["foo"]))
         echo "No foo data!";
     else
         echo "Foo data=".$qValues["foo"];
[…]

Answer 2

Also, don't forget the === operator when you're working with numbers that could mean null or 0 or return some form of false or null that isn't what you're looking for.

Answer 3

if ( (strlen($ownerID) == 0) || ($ownerID == '0') || (empty($ownerID )) )

if $ownerID is NULL it will be triggered by the empty() test

https://www.php.net/empty

Answer 4

Suppose

$row=mysql_fetch_row($rc)
and if you want to check if row[8] is null then do
$field=$row[8];
   if($field)
echo "";
else
 echo ""; 

Answer 5

Use empty() and/or is_null()

http://www.php.net/empty http://www.php.net/is_null

Empty alone will achieve your current usage, is_null would just make more control possible if you wanted to distinguish between a field that is null and a field that is empty.

Answer 6

select FOUND_ROWS();

will return no. of records selected by select query.