student.php
<?php
function findStudentRecord()
{
//Db connection
$q1 = "select * from student where gender = 'F'";
$r1 = mysqli_query($dbc, $q1);
$total_records = mysqli_num_rows($r1);
$record = array();
if($total_records > 0)
{
while($row1 = mysqli_fetch_array($r1, MYSQLI_ASSOC))
{
$record[] = $row1;
}
}
else
{
//[HERE]
}
return $record;
}
$record = findStudentRecord();
//[HERE]
?>
I want to find female student record but there is no record from my database. How do I return 0 value from function and display "No record found" on my web page in [HERE] section?
if($total_records > 0)
add no else block so it will return an empty array now you can do something like this
$records = findStudentRecord();
if(count($records) === 0) {
echo "No record found";
}
I would not change your function. It returns an array (may be empty) in any case wich is quite consistent.
Instead look at the number of array items returned:
$record = findStudentRecord();
//[HERE]
if(count($record) == 0) {
echo "No record found";
} else {
// what ever
}