public function checkAvailability($fieldname, $value, $currentid = 0)
{
foreach ($this->users as $user) {
if ($this->canonicalizeFieldValue($fieldname, $user[$fieldname]) === $this->canonicalizeFieldValue($fieldname, $value) && $user['id'] != $currentid) {
return false;
}
}
// no clashes found, OK!
return true;
}