public function checkId(User $user, userMapper $usermapper, $cookie)
{
//connecting db
$user->cookie = $cookie;
$result = $usermapper->selectCookie($user);
//checking if the user with that cookie already exists
// var_dump($result);
if (empty($result)) {
//if the user doesn't exist we create the user with that cookie
$usermapper->save($user);
$result = $usermapper->selectCookie($user);
//then we get an id of the user with the cookie we've just saved
// var_dump($result);
}
$user_id = $this->getUserId($result);
return $user_id;
}
