getQuery(true) ->select($db->quoteName('access')) ->from($db->quoteName('#__languages')) ->where($db->quoteName('access') . ' = ' . $db->quote('0')); $db->setQuery($query); $db->execute(); $numRows = $db->getNumRows(); if (isset($numRows) && $numRows != 0) { // We have rows here so we have at minumum one row with access set to 0 return true; } // All good the query return nothing. return false; }