Use mysql_num_rows() to return the amount of rows selected with your query. example: <?php /* DB connection stuff comes here */ $query = "SELECT * FROM table"; $getdata = mysql_query($query); if(mysql_num_rows($getdata)){ // output fetched rows } else{ echo "no terms"; } ?> "Jonathan Narong" <jon@binaryillusions.com> wrote in message KLEHIEPKGMOHKIMODPDHAEBCCFAA.jon@binaryillusions.com">news:KLEHIEPKGMOHKIMODPDHAEBCCFAA.jon@binaryillusions.com... > maybe i'm totally not thinking straight right now, but is there a way in php > to check if 0 results are returned in a mysql query? > > for example, i have a definition database, that has a list of letters the > user clicks on (click on the letter, and all the terms for that letter pop > up).. but for some letters there are no terms. so i just wanted to echo out > a simple "no terms" message or something. in any case, i need to check if > there are no results from a mysql query (an error won't be returned). > > thanks .. > > -jon > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php