public static function read($id)
{
global $db;
if ($db) {
$query = $db->prepare('SELECT * FROM `contributor` WHERE id = ?');
$query->execute(array($id));
if ($item = $query->fetch()) {
$contributor = new Contributor($item[`name`], $item[`born`], $item[`died`]);
$contributor->setID($item[`id`]);
return $contributor;
}
}
return false;
}
