/**
* Ensure a tally exists for a given notice. If we can't find
* one create one with the total number of existing faves
*
* @param integer $noticeID
*
* @return Fave_tally the tally data object
*/
static function ensureTally($noticeID)
{
$tally = Fave_tally::staticGet('notice_id', $noticeID);
if (!$tally) {
$tally = new Fave_tally();
$tally->notice_id = $noticeID;
$tally->count = Fave_tally::countExistingFaves($noticeID);
$result = $tally->insert();
if (!$result) {
$msg = sprintf(_m("Couldn't create favorite tally for notice ID %d."), $noticeID);
throw new ServerException($msg);
}
}
return $tally;
}
