diff --git a/include/database/PearDatabase.php b/include/database/PearDatabase.php
index ea5d0332f8e393ede476a7da8d4a8e07cc7aa3d0..fdc021cf9cd624548a522a9e41acf45536aeac18 100644
--- a/include/database/PearDatabase.php
+++ b/include/database/PearDatabase.php
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ class PearDatabase{
 
     function getRowCount(&$result){
 		global $log;
-		$rows='';
+		$rows = 0;
 		if(isset($result) && !empty($result))
 		    $rows= $result->RecordCount();
 		return $rows;