add a specific method to speed up Dashboard display

Lib/db/User.php

@@ -139,12 +139,16 @@ class User extends DbMapping
         return Connection::execute($sql)->to_array();
     }
 
-    private function _getLoans($table, $sort = "ItemNr ASC")
+    private function _getLoans($table, $count, $sort)
     {
         $circulations = $this->getLoansData($table, $sort);
         // getting the intval of the NoticeNr will remove any 'V' or 'T' and thus we will have no issues with
         // the virtual books that are used for Downloads and so.
         $codes = array_unique(array_map(function($c) { return intval(trim($c['NoticeNr'])); }, $circulations));
+        if($count) {
+            return count($circulations);
+        }
+
         $books = count($codes) > 0 ? BookSearch::GetBooks($codes) : array();
 
         foreach($circulations as $c) {
@@ -160,20 +164,22 @@ class User extends DbMapping
 
     /**
      * Loans (Circulations) as needed on the website
+     * @param boolean $count return only the count
      * @return array
      */
-    public function GetLoans()
+    public function GetLoans($count = false)
     {
-        return $this->_getLoans('Circulations');
+        return $this->_getLoans('Circulations', $count, "ItemNr ASC");
     }
 
     /**
      * Old loans (OldCirculations) as needed on the website
+     * @param boolean $count return only the count
      * @return array
      */
-    public function GetOldLoans()
+    public function GetOldLoans($count = false)
     {
-        return $this->_getLoans('OldCirculations', 'CheckOutDate DESC');
+        return $this->_getLoans('OldCirculations', $count, 'CheckOutDate DESC');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -227,10 +233,11 @@ class User extends DbMapping
 
     /**
      * Wishes are all the books that this user want to read.
+     * @param boolean $count return only the count
      * @param int $limit
      * @return array
      */
-    public function getWishes($limit = 50)
+    public function getWishes($count = false, $limit = 50)
     {
         $sql = sprintf("SELECT TOP $limit
                             NoticeID
@@ -240,6 +247,9 @@ class User extends DbMapping
 
         $result = Connection::execute($sql);
         $ids = array_map(function($r) { return $r['NoticeID']; }, $result->to_array());
+        if($count) {
+            return count($ids);
+        }
         return BookSearch::GetBooks($ids, 'id');
     }