public static function blockEmail($email_str, $should_update_db = true)
{
$params = explode(self::SEPARATOR, $email_str);
$email = @$params[0];
$email_hash = @$params[1];
$valid = kString::verifyExpiryHash($email, self::$key, $email_hash, self::EXPIRY_INTERVAL);
if ($valid) {
if ($should_update_db) {
try {
$blocked_email = new blockedEmail();
$blocked_email->setEmail($email);
$blocked_email->save();
} catch (PropelException $pe) {
// already exists - think it's better than to query the DB every time to see if the object exists or not
// before updating it
}
}
} else {
// hashing is wrong !
}
return $valid;
}
