Is it possible to use if statements within a mysql_query in PHP?

It is not possible to use if statements directly within a MySQL query in PHP. However, you can use conditional logic in your PHP code to determine the query to execute based on certain conditions. You can construct the query string dynamically based on the conditions and then execute the query using the mysqli_query function. 

// Example of using conditional logic to construct and execute a MySQL query
$condition = true;

if ($condition) {
    $query = "SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE column_name = 'value'";
} else {
    $query = "SELECT * FROM table_name";
}

$result = mysqli_query($connection, $query);

// Process the result set as needed

Keywords

if statement mysql_query PHP SQL conditional logic

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