simple sql query is failing

@richb201,

Here is how I check the result set:
return (count($result->result_array()) > 0) ? $result->result_array(): FALSE;

CI has num_rows function, 
if($result && $result->num_rows() > 0) return fasle;

as I know there is no property named num_rows, but there is method num_rows() -> https://www.codeigniter.com/userguide3/d...::num_rows