Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/develop' into ap-delivery-failure

src/Model/Contact.php

@@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ class Contact extends BaseObject
 	 * @}
 	 */
 
+	/**
+	 * @param  integer       $id
+	 * @return array|boolean Contact record if it exists, false otherwise
+	 * @throws \Exception
+	 */
+	public static function getById($id)
+	{
+		return DBA::selectFirst('contact', [], ['id' => $id]);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @brief Tests if the given contact is a follower
 	 *

src/Model/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+## Friendica\Model
+
+Models are the glue between the business logic of the app and the datastore(s).
+
+In the namespace Model should only be static classes that interact with the DB with the same name as a database table.