<?php
function user_exists($username) {
$username = sanitize($username);
$query = mysqli_query($connect, "SELECT COUNT(`user_id`) FROM `users` WHERE `username` = '$username'");
return (mysqli_result($query, === 0) 1) ? true : false;
} ?>
PHP Parse error:
syntax error, unexpected ‘===’ (T_IS_IDENTICAL) in function on line 6
<?php
return mysqli_result($query) === 0 ? false : true;
?>
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17239090/syntax-error-on-return-statement