[support] Printing "0" when a db query returns nothing

Jamie Holly hovercrafter at earthlink.net
Fri Apr 9 17:18:44 UTC 2010


Cast it as an integer:

print (int) $output->DownloadCount;

Jamie Holly
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On 4/9/2010 12:49 PM, Neil Coghlan wrote:
> I am trying to print the number of downloads a user's attachments have 
> produced and am 95% there. I just don't know how to print zero if the 
> SUM returns nothing.
> here's what I have so far (with download count module installed which 
> creates file_downloads table)
> <?php
> $query= "SELECT SUM(count) AS DownloadCount
> FROM upload
> JOIN files
> ON upload.fid = files.fid
> JOIN file_downloads
> ON files.filepath = CONCAT( 'sites/default/files/', 
> file_downloads.filename )
> WHERE (files.uid = $account->uid)";
> $results = db_query($query);
> while($output = db_fetch_object($results)){
> print $output->DownloadCount;
> }
> ?>
> works perfectly for those whose content have created downloads. For 
> those who haven't, the result is a blank space. How can I print a nice 
> fat "0"??
> regards
>
> Neil
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