API: How do I use IF statement (php) with 0 results in array?

[mkas]

Hey everyone,

Hoping this is easy and it is just me overlooking something simple.

I have a GET api query which is running perfectly, however, I am trying to write a PHP IF statement for if the array is empty, like this:

Array ( [total] => 0[list] => Array ( ) )

The concept, I am integrating my PBX system and have the values passing to my script. I want to search the Contacts phone numbers, and if the number is found, assign a value, if the number is not found I want it to run the same api get on the leads database.

So in short.

Phone number = 12345

Get from contacts, ID where phone number = 12345 (if record found, set ContactID = ContactID)
IF no contacts found get from Leads, ID where phone number = 12345 (if record found, set LeadID = LeadID)
ELSE nothing.

I can get it to work pefectly if the phone number is in the contact's by using the array $contactId = $response['list'][0]['id'], but don't know how to move it through the if statement when the 'total' in the array is 0.

Any thoughts? Thanking you all muchly in advance.

[mkas]

Can anybody help?

[BattleMetalChris]

$contactID = null;
$leadID = null;

$response = <stuff to get response from Contacts>
if ($response && is_array($response['list']) && count($response['list'])>0) {
    $contactID = $response['list'][0]['id'];
} else {
     $response = <stuff to get response from Leads>
    if ($response && is_array($response['list']) && count($response['list'])>0) { // assumes response from Leads is the same format as the response from Contacts
        $leadID = $response['list'][0]['id'];
    }
}

[telecastg]

I think that you need to test for an empty array in your if else loop, something like this:

Get from contacts, ID where phone number = 12345
If response array is not empty and record is found {
set ContactID = ContactID
} else {
get from leads, ID where phone number = 12345
if response array is not empty and record is found {
set LeadID = LeadID
}
}

this link explains how testing for an empty array works https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to...pty-using-php/

[item]

Hello,

i think in my memory :
if ($result['total']) .. then. count($result['list'] ). give you the number of find.

you can look

foreach($result['list'] as $phoneNumber)

Regards

[mkas]

Thanks heaps all!
I will give it ago!

[jakub.skowron]

you can check if array is empty using empty() or is_null() php function