public function addAction()
 {
     // add a member as a friend
     // given the logged in user and the id of the user to be added
     // add this to the friend database
     $request = $this->getRequest();
     if ($request->isGet()) {
         $friend_user_id = $request->getParam('id');
         if ($friend_user_id != NULL) {
             $auth = Zend_Auth::getInstance();
             $identity = $auth->getIdentity();
             $friendMapper = new Application_Model_FriendMapper();
             $friend = new Application_Model_Friend();
             $friend->setUserId($identity->id);
             $friend->setFriendUserId($friend_user_id);
             // we need to check if the friend request is already existing before adding it to the db
             $exists = $friendMapper->exists($friend->getUserId(), $friend->getFriendUserId());
             if (!$exists) {
                 try {
                     $id = $friendMapper->save($friend);
                     $this->view->msg = 'Your friend request has been sent.';
                 } catch (Exception $e) {
                     // @TODO Log exception
                     $this->view->msg = $e->getMessage();
                 }
             } else {
                 // request was already sent
                 $this->view->msg = 'Your friend request has already been sent.';
             }
         }
     }
 }
 public function save(Application_Model_Friend $friend)
 {
     $data = array('id' => $friend->getId(), 'user_id' => $friend->getUserId(), 'friend_user_id' => $friend->getFriendUserId(), 'confirmed' => $friend->getConfirmed());
     if (null === ($id = $friend->getId())) {
         unset($data['id']);
         return $this->getDbTable()->insert($data);
     } else {
         $this->getDbTable()->update($data, array('id = ?' => $id));
     }
 }