How to check if 2 values IS NULL - php

Question

I have these tables...
GROUP_MEMBERS
+---------------------------------+
| id | group_id | member_id |
+---------------------------------+
| 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 4 |
+---------------------------------+
MEMBERS
+-------------------------------------+
| id | first | last | role_id |
+-------------------------------------+
| 1 | Jack | Jones | 1 |
| 2 | Jane | Doe | 2 |
| 3 | Bob | Bee | 2 |
| 4 | Jen | Nee | 1 |
+-------------------------------------+
GROUPS
+-----------------+
| id | name |
+-----------------+
| 1 | group1 |
| 2 | group2 |
+-----------------+
As it is, I am using the following query...
SELECT
(members.id) AS memid,
members.first,
members.last,
members.role_id
FROM
members
LEFT JOIN group_members ON
members.id = group_members.member_id
WHERE
group_members.member_id IS NULL
GROUP BY
members.id;
This outputs the members (Jane and Bob) who are not in the 'GROUP_MEMBERS' table as it should, but what I am trying get working is if I am on and another group ($_GET['group_id']), how can I show all members that do not have rows that match group_id and member_id on the 'GROUP_MEMBERS' table...
i.e if group_id = '2' show all members
I have tried adding in WHERE clause... AND group_members.group_id IS NULL.. but it shows nothing then.
Does anyone have a query which would get the output I'm looking for?
Thanks
[EDITED]
Just to clarify...
If my url had 'group_id=1'
I should see:
Bob
Jane
If my url has 'group_id=2'
I should see:
Jack
Jane
Bob
Jen
So it only shows 'members' that do not exist( with the 'group_id' in the url) in the 'GROUP_MEMBERS' table

Answer 1

If I have understood the question correctly, you are looking for something like I have made on this fiddle:
DB Fiddle
The query I use is:
$sql = 'SELECT * FROM groups
RIGHT JOIN group_members ON groups.id = group_id
RIGHT JOIN members ON member_id = members.id
WHERE group_id <> ? OR group_id is NULL;'
$group_id = $_GET['group_id'];
$query = $mysqli->prepare($sql);
$query->bind_param('i', $group_id);
In short, this query will select from the groups table, ensuring that we will select every group in your database.
Then we will join the other two tables completely (using the RIGHT JOIN).
Finally, we are going to select every member that isn't the specified the one provided by the URL, or any member that is not in a group.

Answer 2

You can use a sub-query
how can I show all members that do not have rows that match 'group_id'
$group_id= $_GET['group_id'];
$q = "SELECT * FROM MEMBERS WHERE MEMBERS.id NOT IN(
SELECT member_id FROM GROUP_MEMBERS WHERE group_id='$group_id'
);";
Explanation
SELECT member_id FROM GROUP_MEMBERS WHERE group_id='$grID'
this will get all the members in this group by a given ID
then you select all members that are not among them.
SELECT * FROM MEMBERS WHERE MEMBERS.id NOT IN()
this one will give members data except the ids inside the brackets
the sub query will get the ids of members in a given group
no need for joining the three tables since you are using id of the group existing in GROUP_MEMBERS and linking the GROUP and MEMBERS
one side note
if you have a group name and what all users not in this group you then will need to use the GROUPS table
SELECT * FROM MEMBERS WHERE MEMBERS.id NOT IN(
SELECT member_id FROM GROUP_MEMBERS WHERE group_id = (
SELECT id from GROUPS WHERE name = '$Group_Name'
)
);
you may use WHERE group_id IN (...) it will work the same
This is a demonstration, I created same database with same data and tested the queries
+----+-------+-------+---------+
| id | first | last | role_id |
+----+-------+-------+---------+
| 1 | Jack | Jones | 1 |
| 2 | Jane | Doe | 2 |
| 3 | Bob | Bee | 2 |
| 4 | Jen | Nee | 2 |
+----+-------+-------+---------+
+----+--------+
| id | name |
+----+--------+
| 1 | group1 |
| 2 | group2 |
+----+--------+
+----+----------+-----------+
| id | group_id | member_id |
+----+----------+-----------+
| 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 4 |
+----+----------+-----------+
I run the sub-query as above and the results as expected,
MariaDB []> select * from members where id not in
(select member_id from group_members where group_id = 1);
+----+-------+------+---------+
| id | first | last | role_id |
+----+-------+------+---------+
| 2 | Jane | Doe | 2 |
| 3 | Bob | Bee | 2 |
+----+-------+------+---------+
similar for when you have group name
MariaDB []> select * from members where id not in
(select member_id from group_members where group_id =
(select id from groups where name='group1'));
+----+-------+------+---------+
| id | first | last | role_id |
+----+-------+------+---------+
| 2 | Jane | Doe | 2 |
| 3 | Bob | Bee | 2 |
+----+-------+------+---------+