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; } else { // All good the query return nothing. return false; } }