public function create(Application $app, Request $request) { $message = $request->get('message'); $user_id = intval($app['session']->get('user')['id']); if (strlen($message) <= 140) { $tweet = new Tweet($app); $tweet->save('tweets', array('tweet' => $message, 'user_id' => $user_id, 'created_at' => date("Y-m-d H:i:s"), 'updated_at' => date("Y-m-d H:i:s"))); $user_tweets = $tweet->find('tweets', array('user_id' => $user_id)); echo var_dump($user_tweets); } else { $error_message = "Please limit the message to 140 charecters."; } return $app->render('tweets.php.twig', array('tweets' => $user_tweets, 'error_message' => $this->error_message)); }