What does a successful MySQL DELETE return? How to check if DELETE was successful?

Question

Using PHP, I am trying to delete a record, but I want to check if it was successful or not. Is anything returned from a successful DELETE FROM foo where bar = \'stuff\

Answer 1

you could try this for your php code, placed after your query runs:

if (mysql_affected_rows() > 0) {
    echo "You have successfully updated your data.

";
}
else {
    echo "The data you submitted matched the current data so nothing was changed.

";
}