Check if a row exists using old mysql_* API

mysql, php

Solution

This ought to do the trick: just limit the result to 1 row; if a row comes back the `$lectureName` is Assigned, otherwise it's Available.

function checkLectureStatus($lectureName)
{
    $con = connectvar();
    mysql_select_db("mydatabase", $con);
    $result = mysql_query(
        "SELECT * FROM preditors_assigned WHERE lecture_name='$lectureName' LIMIT 1");

    if(mysql_fetch_array($result) !== false)
        return 'Assigned';
    return 'Available';
}

Problem

I just want to check and see if a row exists where the $lectureName shows. If a row does exist with the $lectureName somewhere in it, I want the function to return "assigned" if not then it should return "available". Here's what I have. I'm fairly sure its a mess. Please help. ``` function checkLectureStatus($lectureName) { $con = connectvar(); mysql_select_db("mydatabase", $con); $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM preditors_assigned WHERE lecture_name='$lectureName'"); while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)); { if (!$row[$lectureName] == $lectureName) { mysql_close($con); return "Available"; } else { mysql_close($con); return "Assigned"; } } ``` When I do this everything return available, even when it should return assigned.

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