Database Helper & Conditions

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If you can not do any of the above then you can try this!

Code:

$this->db->where('user_id', $user_id);
$query = $this->db->get('membership');

if ($query->num_rows() == 0)
{
    // the user_id does not exist.
}
else
{
   // the user_id exists so create a new one
}

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