PJ wrote:
> Is there a shorter way of determining if a field contains text?
> This works but I wonder if I can K.I.S.S. it? I really only need to know
> if there is or is not a field containing the text specified. I don't
> need to see it.
> <?php
>
> // Request the text
> $text = "Joe of Egypt";
> $sql = "SELECT title FROM book WHERE title LIKE '$text'";
> $result = mysql_query($sql);
> if (!$result) {
> echo("<P>Error performing query: " .
> mysql_error() . "</P>");
> exit();
> }
>
> // Display the text
> while ( $row = mysql_fetch_array($result) ) {
> echo("<P>" . $row["title"] . "</P>");
> }
> if ($row["title"] == "")
> echo ("Empty!")
>
> ?>
>
In addition to other answers, don't forget to escape the string you are
passing to the query with mysql_real_escape_string(), otherwise your query
will have problems with some characters e.g. apostrophe.
Cheers
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