function friend($channel)
{
$username = $_SESSION['username'];
$query = "select token from user where username='******'";
$result = mysql_query($query);
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
$token = $row['token'];
$httpClient = Zend_Gdata_AuthSub::getHttpClient($token);
$developerKey = 'AI39si5uCFW5FETweIaPnbNJUP88YvpOtSoy7FSUnYnTFVH4liFKzqWTkndATtgiltByN54tPcVjsScyh3S28P-D4PC4n73alg';
$applicationId = 'EazySubs';
$clientId = 'EazySubs';
$yt = new Zend_Gdata_YouTube($httpClient, $applicationId, $clientId, $developerKey);
$contactFeedUrl = 'http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/default/contacts';
$newContact = $yt->newContactEntry();
$newContact->username = $yt->newUsername($channel);
$newContact->category = array($yt->newCategory('Friends', 'http://gdata.youtube.com/schemas/2007/contact.cat'));
// post
try {
$yt->insertEntry($newContact, $contactFeedUrl);
return true;
} catch (Exception $e) {
return false;
}
}