/** * Reads object from Twitter API and loads/creates User for it. */ public function user_from_response($creds) { $user = User::find_by_twitter_id($creds->id); if (!$user) { $user = new User(); } $user->twitter_id = $creds->id; $user->screen_name = $creds->screen_name; $user->profile_image_url = $creds->profile_image_url; //$user->description = $creds->bio; return $user; }