public function DuplicatedName($newName) { $Name = new Name(); if (!empty($newName)) { $names = $Name->select("id")->where("Name", "like", $newName)->get(); if (empty($names[0])) { // NEWNAME DOESNT EXIST return 0; } else { //NEWNAME ALREADY EXISTS echo $Names[0]; return 1; } } else { //NEWNAME IS EMPTY return 0; } }