public function setNotification($msg, $picture, $extract = null, $link = null)
{
$n = new Notifications();
$n->setUid(sfContext::getInstance()->getUser()->getAttribute("id"));
$n->setReaded(0);
$n->setPicture($picture);
$n->setMessage(sfContext::getInstance()->getI18N()->__($msg));
$n->setLink(sfContext::getInstance()->getController()->genUrl($link));
// Limiting extract length
if (strlen($extract) > 150) {
$extract = substr($extract, 0, 150) . '...';
}
$n->setExtract($extract);
// Returning Notifications object without saving if we've something to override
return $n;
}