PDO/PHP - Check if row exist

Question

I want to have a condition incase the row doesn\'t exist at all.

$stmt = $conn->prepare(\'SELECT * FROM table WHERE ID=?\');
$stmt->bindParam(1, $_GET[         


        

Answer 1

Heres what I use in my object classes:

function exists_by_id () {
    // check if object exists by id
    $stm = DB::$pdo->prepare('select count(*) from `table` where `column`=:column');
    $stm->bindParam(':column', $this->column);
    $stm->execute();
    $res = $stm->fetchColumn();

    if ($res > 0) {
        return true;
    }
    else {
        return false;
    }
}