addValidations('name', array( 'required' => 'name_is_blank', 'isString' => 'name_is_not_string' )); } public static function getValue($key, $default = null) { $setting = Setting::where('name', $key)->findOne(); if($setting === false) { return $default; } else { return $setting->value; } } public static function createOrUpdate($model) { $exists = self::where('name', $model['name']) ->find_one(); if($exists === false) { $new_model = self::create(); $new_model->hydrate($model); return $new_model->save(); } $exists->value = $model['value']; return $exists->save(); } }