How to check if MySQL returns null/empty?

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In DB I have a table with a field called fk_ownerID. By default, when I add a new table row, the fk_ownerID is empty. In Toad for MySQL, this is shown as {null}. If fk_ownerID is given a value, and I later remove this value, I set fk_ownerID = "".

Now, I have the following code:

$result = $dal->getRowByValue('tableName','id', $_POST['myID']);

// Check to see if any rows where returned
if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0)
{
  while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
  {
    $ownerID = $row["fk_ownerID"];    
  }
}

Now the variable $ownerID should have a number, or not. But I'm unsure how to check this. Currently I'm doing this:

if ( (strlen($ownerID) == 0) || ($ownerID == '0') || ($ownerID == 'null') )

But I'm pretty sure only one of these tests should be necessary.

What is the best way to check if a row field is empty or null?

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7 Answers
if ( (strlen($ownerID) == 0) || ($ownerID == '0') || (empty($ownerID )) )

if $ownerID is NULL it will be triggered by the empty() test

https://www.php.net/empty

Admin1

If your datatype in your mysql database is an auto-increment primary key, then you can't use is_null() you must use empty() or in code, it would be if (empty($id)) {

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