Premetto che non conosco PDO. Quindi potrebbe esserci un metodo equivalente a mysql_num_rows().
codice:<ul> <li id="categories"> <h2>Galleria</h2> <ul> <?php $ok = false; $stmt = $db->prepare('SELECT * FROM photo_categories ORDER BY byorder DESC'); $stmt->execute(); while(($row = $stmt->fetch()) !== false) { $ok = true; ?> <li><a href="photo_categories.php?id=<?php echo "".$row["id"].""; ?>"><?php echo "".$row["title"].""; ?></a></li> <?php } if (!$ok) { echo '404'; } ?> </ul> </li> </ul>