From 6947b726f02ab4e9ff5f80d232321265ca8cb28d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Barbour <matthew@darkholme.net>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 15:21:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added exists function to database object

---
 core/database.php | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/core/database.php b/core/database.php
index f06badd8..4f6643a0 100644
--- a/core/database.php
+++ b/core/database.php
@@ -251,6 +251,20 @@ class Database
         return $row ? $row[0] : null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Execute an SQL query and returns a bool indicating if any data was returned
+     */
+    public function exists(string $query, array $args = []): bool
+    {
+        $_start = microtime(true);
+        $row = $this->execute($query, $args)->fetch();
+        $this->count_time("exists", $_start, $query, $args);
+        if ($row==null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the ID of the last inserted row.
      */