Echo Nothing when Query is Empty - php

Question

I am trying to check if the user input $entry is empty, and if it is, to echo nothing. I don't want it to do anything. There are no results, it shouldn't display anything. However, I keep getting an empty query error.
Here is my php:
$link = fConnectToDatabase();
//Retrieve parameters from querystring
$entry = fCleanString($link, $_GET['entry'], 15);
if (!empty($entry)) {
$sql = "select price, name, image
from geekproducts
where name like '%$entry%' or ' $entry '
order by name";
}
$result = mysqli_query($link, $sql)
or die('SQL syntax error: ' . mysqli_error($link));
if (! ($result)){
echo "";
}
How do I get my page to display nothing when the result is null?
EDIT The problem seems to be solely with
$result = mysqli_query($link, $sql)
or die('SQL syntax error: ' . mysqli_error($link));
Getting rid of the or die statement returns a big paragraph on syntax errors. Any ideas?

Answer 1

How about
if (isset($_GET['entry']) {
$entry = fCleanString($link, $_GET['entry'], 15);
$sql = "select price, name, image
from geekproducts
where name like '%$entry%' or ' $entry '
order by name";
$result = mysqli_query($link, $sql)
or die('SQL syntax error: ' . mysqli_error($link));
} else {
echo 'nothing ;)';
}

Answer 2

you can do it like this:
if(mysql_num_rows($result)==0)echo '';

Answer 3

I think what you're trying to do is suppressing the error
$link = fConnectToDatabase();
//Retrieve parameters from querystring
$entry = fCleanString($link, $_GET['entry'], 15);
if (!empty($entry)) {
$sql = "select price, name, image
from geekproducts
where name like '%$entry%' or ' $entry '
order by name";
}
$result = #mysqli_query($link, $sql)
Adding # before the function suppresses errors