How to retrieve data properly from mysql using php?

Question

I am getting this error Fatal error: Call to a member function RecordCount() on boolean on this line if($results->RecordCount()>0) when i am trying to retrieve data from MYSQL and display into a table. I try a lot of solution but it still getting the error. Below is my php code

    if (!$conn) 
    {
       die("Failed to connect to database : " . $dsn);
    }
    else 
    {
        //database connection ok
        ADOdb_Active_Record::SetDatabaseAdapter($conn);
        if($category=='4')
        {
            $query= $conn->prepare("SELECT * FROM profiles");
            $results=$conn->Execute($query); 
        } 
        else if ($category=='3')
        {
            $query= $conn->prepare("SELECT * FROM profiles WHERE biography LIKE ?");
            $results=$conn->Execute($query); 
        }
        else if ($category=='2')
        {
            $query= $conn->prepare("SELECT * FROM profiles WHERE ranks = ?");
            $results=$conn->Execute($query); 
        }
        else if ($category=='1')
        {
            $query= $conn->prepare("SELECT * FROM profiles WHERE nationality LIKE ?");
            $results=$conn->Execute($query); 
        }
        else
        {

        }

        if($results->RecordCount()>0)
        {
            while(!$results->EOF)
            {
                //if($results->RecordCount()>0)
                //{
                echo "<table border='1' cellpadding='5'>"
                . "<tr><th>Name</th><th>Nationality</th><th>Current Score</th><th>Current Standings</th><th>Event Participate</th><th>Team</th><th>Bike</th><th>Picture</th>"; 
                echo "<tr><td>".$results->fields[1]."</td><td>".$results->fields[2]."</td><td>".$results->fields[3]."</td> <td>".$results->fields[4]."</td> 
                <td>".$results->fields[5]."</td> <td>".$results->fields[6]."</td> <td>".$results->fields[7]."</td> <td>><img src='loadimage.php?id=".$results->fields[0]."' height='100' /></td></tr>";
                echo "</table><br/>";
                $results->MoveNext();
                 }
        }
        else
        {
           echo "There is no match record. <br/><br/>";
        }
    }
        $results->close();
    }

Answer 1

Your error is caused by $results being false. That means that the query failed and it's probably because you don't seem to be providing the parameters to replace the "?" In your queries.

You can check your db errors using

$conn->ErrorMsg()

When $results===false