/** * Writes marker to database, saying user has an avatar now * * @param $user_id */ public static function writeAvatarToDatabase($user_id) { if (self::$writeAvatarToDBQuery === null) { self::$writeAvatarToDBQuery = DatabaseFactory::getFactory()->getConnection()->prepare("UPDATE users SET user_has_avatar = TRUE WHERE user_id = :user_id LIMIT 1"); } self::$writeAvatarToDBQuery->execute(array(':user_id' => $user_id)); }