# Php/mysql - If table is empty echo" "; else

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-mysql-if-table-is-empty-echo-else/134721>\
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**Created:** [January 20, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-mysql-if-table-is-empty-echo-else/134721 "2005-01-20T22:09:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-mysql-if-table-is-empty-echo-else/134721/1 "2005-01-20T22:09:26Z")

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Hey,  
This is a simple problem I think. I may have wrong code or something. I need to print something if the table contains no rows. This is what I basically have.

```php
$result = mysql_query( "SELECT * FROM tryouts ORDER BY priority DESC" );

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
  {
   if($row == 0){
   print "There are no tryouts at the present time.";
   }
  else{
   print"something else"
   }

```

Can someone tell me where I am going wrong. Thanks in advance.