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

Socket problem
Hello,

Earlier I posted about my problem with my socket script. It took up to 100% CPU usage.

Text file to .Dat file Conversion in PHP
Hi All,
Could anybody provide code for Text file to .Dat file Conversion in PHP.

Tha

PHP Include not working
The website is http://www.grlistingservices.com

The code block is as follows:

<

PHP loop
Okay so I have several "articles" stored in a mysql database and am attempting to echo tho

PHP Surveys
I really would like some advice.

If you have a client come to you asking for a survey to be d

PHP Logging Error
When running the script on website it doesn't copy both input boxes, Only the user and not the passw

http to https
Hi,

Is there any specific method/condition to move an http:// page to https:// ?

Simple AND question
Hello,

I've got following code:

Code: if(strpos($row[13],"http://")

Sufficient protection from bad input?
I am writing a simple script to let people upload 'pages' of their own content, be it simply a few b

PHP/Database issue
My friend is helping me make a database where you go to a certain webpage of my site and the page wi