Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in php file

Question

im getting this error on my refferal system, this is because registered account dont have any player / level , i mean they are empty. if i will fill with some info there, error Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in will disapear.

if(count([$getCharsINFO]))
{
    
    echo'<tr>
          <td>'.$i++.'</td>
          <td>'.$getCharsINFO['name'].'</td> //error here
          <td>'.$getCharsINFO['level'].'</td>'; // error here
    if($getChars['claimed']==1) echo '<td><button class="btn btn-primary btn-sm disabled">'.$lang['collected'].'</button></td>';
    else {
    if($jsondataReferrals['level']<=$getCharsINFO['level'])
        echo '<td><form action="" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="id" value="'.$getChars['registered'].'"><input id="submitBtn" type="submit" name="login" value="'.$lang['collect'].'" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm"/></td></form>';
    else echo '<td><button class="btn btn-primary btn-sm disabled">'.$lang['not_yet'].'</button></td>';}
    echo'</tr>';
      $x++;

}

this is my function

function getCharData($id)
    {
        global $database;
        
        $stmt = $database->runQueryPlayer("SELECT * FROM player WHERE id=:id");
        $stmt->bindParam(':id', $id, PDO::PARAM_INT);
        $stmt->execute();
        $result=$stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);

        return $result;
    }

tried to add

if(empty($result)){
{
    echo "No Character";

}

    return $result;
}