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    copied!<p>I'm trying to find a way of displaying an else or if statement in this code so that if the record/value doesn't exist in the mysql table then it will echo a piece of text like 'ask me'.</p> <p>heres the code:</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php $rates_set = get_rates(); while ($rates = mysql_fetch_array($rates_set)) { ?&gt; &lt;table width="110%" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5"&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#EBEBEB" scope="col"&gt;Rates&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#EBEBEB" scope="col"&gt;money in&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#EBEBEB" scope="col"&gt;money Out&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#EBEBEB" scope="row"&gt;cost&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td align="center" valign="middle"&gt;£&lt;?php echo "{$rates['labour']} "; ?&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td align="center" valign="middle"&gt;£&lt;?php echo "{$rates['material']}"; ?&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#EBEBEB" scope="row"&gt;cost/th&gt; &lt;td align="center" valign="middle"&gt;£&lt;?php echo "{$rates['money']}"; ?&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td align="center" valign="middle"&gt;£&lt;?php echo "{$rates['expense']}"; ?&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#EBEBEB" scope="row"&gt;Overnight&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td align="center" valign="middle"&gt;£&lt;?php echo "{$rates['charges']}"; ?&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td align="center" valign="middle"&gt;£&lt;?php echo "{$rates['fees']}"; ?&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;?php } ?&gt; </code></pre> <p>hope someone can help. thank you.</p>
 

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