public static function is_recipe_name_unique($recipe_name) { //Fast way to check $SQL = "SELECT name\n\t\t\t FROM recipes\n\t\t\t WHERE name = " . MySQLConnection::smart_quote($recipe_name) . ""; $result = MySQLConnection::query($SQL) or Error::db_halt(500, 'internal server error', 'Unable to execute request, SQL query error.', __FUNCTION__, MySQLConnection::error(), $SQL); $numb_rows = MySQLConnection::numb_rows($result); if ($numb_rows > 0) { return false; } else { return true; } }