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Jan 25.2021

I’m getting data from my database by SUM and COUNT.

When I display it on the page, I’m displaying 0 (zero) when it’s nothing. How can I in SQL or PHP end echo a – (dash) if it’s not a zero.

I can do a if statement each time I echo it but it’s a lot of code and am wondering if there’s a simpler way?

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@VITSUSAJan 25.2021 — Can you please share the code with us it will help us to understand exact problem.
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@kiwisauthorJan 25.2021 — It's Simple really.

SELECT SUM(myculumn) as mySum FROM myTable GROUP BY myculumn

Then

echo $row['mySum']

If mySum is zero I want to print a dash. If not the value
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@NogDogJan 25.2021 — A good candidate for the [ternary operator](https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.comparison.php#language.operators.comparison.ternary) ( ? : ).
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</i>echo $row['mySum'] == 0 ? '-' : $row['mySum'];
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@kiwisauthorJan 25.2021 — @NogDog#1627159

Oh that's a perfect solution. I've never heard of it so I'll look into it. Thanks
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@JennieMillerJan 26.2021 — i don't understand the problem.
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