public static function read($id) { global $db; if ($db) { $q = $db->prepare('SELECT * FROM `artist` WHERE id = ?'); $q->execute(array($id)); if ($item = $q->fetch()) { $artist = new Artist($item['name'], $item['origin'], $item['active_years']); $artist->setID($item['id']); return $item; } } return false; }