<?php
if(!defined('NEWS_TABLE'))
  define('NEWS_TABLE', 'news');


$stmt = $dbh->query('SELECT *
                     FROM ' . NEWS_TABLE);


if($stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_NUM) == 0)
{
    ?>
                <tr> 
                    <td class="text">
                        Er zijn geen records gevonden.
                    </td> 
                </tr>
    <?php
}
else
{
    while($res = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC))
    {
        ?>
                <tr> 
                    <td class="text">
                        De records:
                    </td> 
                </tr>
        <?php
    }
}
?>

<?php 
if(!defined('NEWS_TABLE')) 
  define('NEWS_TABLE', 'news'); 


$stmt = $dbh->query('SELECT * 
                     FROM ' . NEWS_TABLE); 


if($stmt->rowCount() == 0)
{ 
    ?> 
                <tr>  
                    <td class="text"> 
                        Er zijn geen records gevonden. 
                    </td>  
                </tr> 
    <?php 
} 
else 
{ 
    while($res = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) 
    { 
        ?> 
                <tr>  
                    <td class="text"> 
                        Hier de records laten zien!
                    </td>  
                </tr> 
        <?php 
    } 
} 
?>