[FX.php List] fx.php / PHP API - error 401 and foundCount

[Alex Gates]

Hello everyone -

In experimenting with the PHP API one difference I found between that 
and fx.php is that if no records match the query, you can't get a 
foundcount by using getFoundSetCount() with the API.
(With fx, you can always get the foundcount with $result['foundCount'];

The only thing you get back is the error - so it seems that adds an 
extra step to the query.

if (FileMaker::isError($result))
{
   if ($result->code == 401)
   {
      $found_count = 0;
   }
}

if (!FileMaker::isError($result))
{
$found_records = $result->getRecords();	
$found_count = $result->getFoundSetCount();
}

Is it just me, or does this add more steps?

I understand we should always be checking for an error with fx - so this 
may be good practice - - but I can't imagine why a query that doesn't 
find any records can't have a FoundSetCount of 0. Afterall, no records 
were found.

Am I missing something here?