/**
  * Handle DB errors, re-issue the query on deadlock errors from InnoDB row-level locking
  *
  * @param string Query that triggered the error
  * @return mixed Result to be stored and returned
  */
 protected function handle_error($query)
 {
     $error = $this->dbh->errorInfo();
     // retry after "Deadlock found when trying to get lock" errors
     $retries = 2;
     while ($error[1] == 1213 && $retries >= 0) {
         usleep(50000);
         // wait 50 ms
         $result = $this->dbh->query($query);
         if ($result !== false) {
             return $result;
         }
         $error = $this->dbh->errorInfo();
         $retries--;
     }
     return parent::handle_error($query);
 }