example of custom named methods to prevent passing strings as params to shared methods

gistfile1.php

<?php

namespace WidgetFactory\Modules;

class MyModule extends MyORM
{

    /**
     * Shared method to get the option value from the db
     * @param string $option
     * @return mixed
     */
    private function getOption($option) {
	return $this->query("SELECT `value` FROM `module_option` WHERE `name` = ?", array($option));
    }
	
	
    /**
     * Update the option value
     * @param string $option
     * @param mixed $value
     * @return mixed
     */
    private function setOption($option, $value) {
	return $this->query("UPDATE `module_option` SET `value` = ? WHERE `name` = ?", array($value, $option));
    }
	
	
    /**
     * Should we send emails with this module?
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function getOptionSendEmails() {
 	return $this->getOption("sendEmails");
    }


    /**
     * Update the sendEmails option
     * @param mixed $value
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function setOptionSendEmails($value) {
 	return $this->setOption("sendEmails");
    }
	
	
    /**
     * Is sharing to social networks enabled by default?
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function getOptionShareByDefault() {
	return $this->getOption("shareByDefault");
    }


    /**
     * Update the shareByDefault option
     * @param mixed $value
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function setOptionShareByDefault($value) {
 	return $this->setOption("shareByDefault");
    }
}