Re: ibase_num_fields() -a workaround ?

From: Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 09:34:56 +0000
Subject: Re: ibase_num_fields() -a workaround ?
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> ibase_num_fields() isn't functional in php 4 - anyone have any ideas to > work around this ? > > I'm checking the number of results for a query to check if a > user/password is correct -I suppose I could just do a fetch_row() on the > result and test if thats empty or not - but I'll only do that as a last > resort select count(*) from users where userid = '$userid' and password = password('$password') might be a good choice. Actually, I usually like to check userid first, and then password -- I prefer to inform the user if their username is wrong or just the password. Lord knows I've got enough usernames/passwords on all these darn sites that I sure appreciate it when somebody tells *me* I ain't even remembering the username right, much less the password. By Day: |By Night: Don't miss the Zend Web Store's | There's not enough room here... Grand Opening on January 23, 2001! | Start here: http://www.zend.com | http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm

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