> > using empty() is ´the right way to check a var for NULL or "" > > however, it also depends what MySQL has got as setuo definition for empty > fields. on textfields u can define an epmty string as default. > > So say these are the first three results of my query: "some text" //The column actually has data " " //The column contains a series of spaces "NULL" //The column contains a NULL value As long as I trim() the result, if (!empty()) would skip any results where the column contains " " OR "NULL", correct?
