PHP & MySQL – Handling NULL Example
You can use the if…else condition to prepare a query based on the NULL value.
The following example takes the tutorial_count from outside and then compares it with the value available in the table.
Example
Copy and paste the following example as mysql_example.php −
<html> <head> <title>Handling NULL</title> </head> <body> <?php $dbhost = ''localhost $dbuser = ''root $dbpass = ''root@123 $dbname = ''TUTORIALS $mysqli = new mysqli($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, $dbname); $tutorial_count = null; if($mysqli->connect_errno ) { printf("Connect failed: %s<br />", $mysqli->connect_error); exit(); } printf(''Connected successfully.<br />''); if( isset($tutorial_count )) { $sql = ''SELECT tutorial_author, tutorial_count FROM tcount_tbl WHERE tutorial_count = '' + $tutorial_count; } else { $sql = ''SELECT tutorial_author, tutorial_count FROM tcount_tbl WHERE tutorial_count IS NULL } $result = $mysqli->query($sql); if ($result->num_rows > 0) { while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) { printf("Author: %s, Count: %d <br />", $row["tutorial_author"], $row["tutorial_count"]); } } else { printf(''No record found.<br />''); } $mysqli->close(); ?> </body> </html>
Output
Access the mysql_example.php deployed on apache web server and verify the output.
Connected successfully. No record found.