RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

I did the var_dump and got: bool(false) While $vthere (from my previous post) returns 0 (zero) still. :\ But proceeds as if 0 were a false statement when asked if $vthere equals zero. :\ -Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Ford, Mike [LSS] [mailto:M.Ford@lmu.ac.uk] > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 2:07 PM > To: 'Mike At Spy'; Ford, Mike [LSS]; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue.... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mike At Spy [mailto:spycobalt@spyproductions.com] > > Sent: 29 July 2003 19:01 > > > > Off hand, I would agree. And that is what I would expect. > > > > However, the *exact* same setup on a different server gives > > me a result of > > 'FALSE' properly. The other server has php 4.3.3 on it - the > > one giving the > > improper response has php 4.1.2. > > Hang on -- it's not clear to me which server is giving which response. > > Just to be clear, the proper response is to deliver a resource id > if the query is valid, or FALSE if not. Could it be that one > server is consistently giving you a resource ID of 0, and the > other isn't? (I'm not even sure if a resource ID of zero is > equivalent to a real zero, or what the result of doing an if > ($resource_id) on it would be, but this might be a straw to > clutch at!). To see *exactly* what's being returned into $person > from your mysql_query(), try doing var_dump($person). > > Cheers! > > Mike > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, > Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, > JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, > Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom > Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk > Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >