+ /**
+ * @brief Returns the user id of a given profile url
+ *
+ * @param string $profile
+ *
+ * @return integer user id
+ */
+ public static function getIdForURL($url)
+ {
+ $self = DBA::selectFirst('contact', ['uid'], ['nurl' => normalise_link($url), 'self' => true]);
+ if (!DBA::isResult($self)) {
+ return false;
+ } else {
+ return $self['uid'];
+ }
+ }
+