public function isImageStringSet($side) { $image_string = false; if ($side && strtolower($side[0]) == 'l') { $image_string = $this->checkItems($this->doodleInfo, $this->image_string_left); } elseif ($side && strtolower($side[0]) == 'r') { $image_string = $this->checkItems($this->doodleInfo, $this->image_string_right); } return $image_string; }