public static function hasNotification($userId, $preferencesId) { $criteria = new CDbCriteria(); $criteria->condition = 'user_id=:userId AND preferences_id=:preferencesId'; $criteria->params = array(':userId' => $userId, ':preferencesId' => $preferencesId); $userPreferences = UserPreferences::model()->find($criteria); if ($userPreferences) { return true; } else { return false; } }