prepare(" SELECT `username`, IFNULL( `profilepicture`, 'img/notbad.png' ) AS profilepicture, `onlinestatus`, `role` FROM `user` INNER JOIN `friendship` WHERE (`friendship`.`user1ID` = :userID AND `friendship`.`user2ID` = `user`.`userID` OR `friendship`.`user2ID` = :userID AND `friendship`.`user1ID` = `user`.`userID`) AND `role` != 5 AND `status` = 1 "); $stmt->bindParam(':userID', $userID, PDO::PARAM_INT); $stmt->execute(); return $stmt; }