Strange if statement

[Phil Latio]

if ($result)
$total = $result->RecordCount();

Is this if statement purely looking for the prescence of the variable of
$result before executing?

Cheers

Phil

[Oli Filth]

Phil Latio wrote:

if ($result)
$total = $result->RecordCount();

Is this if statement purely looking for the prescence of the variable of $result before executing?

No, it's checking whether the value of $result evaluates to boolean
TRUE.

See http://www.php.net/manual/types.comparisons.php

--
Oli

[dracolytch]

Basically it's making sure that $result is not the following values:

0
''
FALSE
(null)

Databases have a habit of returning FALSE or (null) when they encounter
an error. Essentially, this is a check to see if the query executed
properly.

~D

[Tim Roberts]

"Phil Latio" <ph********@f-in-stupid.co.uk> wrote:

if ($result)
$total = $result->RecordCount();

Is this if statement purely looking for the prescence of the variable of
$result before executing?

Presence, maybe, or perhaps a "null" error result from some API.
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- Tim Roberts, ti**@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.