Why is the logic of this simple code not working?

Posted on 16th Feb 2014 07:03 pm by admin

Hey, I'm trying to determine if a table already exists in mysql, but doing a query first with mysql_query, then checking $sql as if it a were TRUE of FALSE. Which I though it would be. My Code always skips to the }else{ statment after the If(). What is wrong, How I do this?
I could of sworn I've wrote other scripts using this and it works.



PHP:

//Check first if it exists
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT var FROM fake WHERE token='{$token}'");


if( ! $sql){
// Does not exist! Create it.
$sql = mysql_query("INSERT INTO fake (var,token) VALUES('$var','$token')") ;


} else {
//It exists, Update it.

$sql = mysql_query("UPDATE fake SET var='{$var}' WHERE token='{$token}'") ;


}


Also

echo $sql; prints out, Resource id #11 or something.. Doesn't seem to say false or true....

Your Answer:

Login to answer

Other forums

remove trailing slash from array
I have the following array which contains trailing slashes I need to remove. What is the best way to

Doubles are giving me problems
Ok so, first of all i made a double = 0.05, but when running the debugger it shows up as 0.04999. I

Number Format
Hi All,

I have number '000000000050085' I want to format it to 500.85 Can any one give me

Parse String
I need to parse the string below into three variables. How would I do that?

john + 10/20/2008

Downloading file (Headers)
I'm trying to make users download a file, but they must wait 60 seconds before it begins.

But

Email to a friend script problems
I have this send-to-a-friend script with 2 issues:


1) When you open the form popup on a p

TCP Sending Unsigned Char...
Hi...

I want to send over tcp/ip some data, i have the data in hexadecimal, and when i tr

generating random codes
Hi guys n gals,

I have a requirement to generate 250,000 unique codes...

These codes a

How to refresh a parent page from a modal popup
Hi,I have a modal popup in which I need to upload a file and store in the database should give a mes

Comparing two dates
Hi Guys
I have two dates I want to compare. Below is my current implementation. The problem with