[Resolved] SOMEONE plz help.. WEIRDEST glitch-error ever?

[m37h0d]

This is my code... if I uncomment the one line where it declares the variable $clan, then I enter an ID that does not exist in the database, I get a blank page, however, if I comment that line, and enter an ID that doesnt exist, I get the normal error. What would declaring a variable have to do with showing an else line?

This is my code:

<?
if (isset($_REQUEST['id']) && $_REQUEST['id'] != '') 
{ 
    $id = $_REQUEST['id']; 
    require('config.php'); 

mysql_connect ($hostname, $db_login, $db_pass) or exit(mysql_error()); 
mysql_select_db($database) or exit(mysql_error()); 

$select_clan = "SELECT * FROM clans WHERE clan_id = '$id'"; 
$verc = mysql_query($select_clan) or exit(mysql_error());
//$clan = mysql_fetch_array ($verc) or die (mysql_error());

if (mysql_num_rows($verc)) {
    echo 'This clan was found in our database.';
} 
else {
    echo 'This clan was not found in our database!';
    } 
} 
else 
{ 
    echo 'missing or empty id'; 
}
?>

[sidney]

$clan = mysql_fetch_array ($verc) or die (mysql_error());

if mysql_fetch_array returns false (ie no rows found) then the script dies due to the or die statement

remove or die

[m37h0d]

edit: works.. thanks.. been calling the wrong script