diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 72d34229e5..a9ff0c30c3 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ class App {
 		} else {
 			$r = q("SELECT `contact`.`avatar-date` AS picdate FROM `contact` WHERE `contact`.`thumb` like '%%/%s'",
 				$common_filename);
-			if(! is_filled_array($r)){
+			if(! dba::is_result($r)){
 				$this->cached_profile_image[$avatar_image] = $avatar_image;
 			} else {
 				$this->cached_profile_picdate[$common_filename] = "?rev=".urlencode($r[0]['picdate']);
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ function run_update_function($x) {
 function check_plugins(&$a) {
 
 	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `addon` WHERE `installed` = 1");
-	if(is_filled_array($r))
+	if(dba::is_result($r))
 		$installed = $r;
 	else
 		$installed = array();
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ function current_theme(){
 		$r = q("select theme from user where uid = %d limit 1",
 			intval($a->profile_uid)
 		);
-		if(is_filled_array($r))
+		if(dba::is_result($r))
 			$page_theme = $r[0]['theme'];
 	}
 
@@ -1856,7 +1856,7 @@ function feed_birthday($uid,$tz) {
 			intval($uid)
 	);
 
-	if(is_filled_array($p)) {
+	if(dba::is_result($p)) {
 		$tmp_dob = substr($p[0]['dob'],5);
 		if(intval($tmp_dob)) {
 			$y = datetime_convert($tz,$tz,'now','Y');
@@ -1902,7 +1902,7 @@ function load_contact_links($uid) {
 			intval($uid)
 	);
 
-	if(is_filled_array($r)) {
+	if(dba::is_result($r)) {
 		foreach($r as $rr){
 			$url = normalise_link($rr['url']);
 			$ret[$url] = $rr;
@@ -2202,7 +2202,3 @@ function argv($x) {
 
 	return '';
 }
-
-function is_filled_array ($array) {
-	return (is_array($array) && count($array) > 0);
-}
diff --git a/include/ForumManager.php b/include/ForumManager.php
index bbf881c9d0..99a78be71e 100644
--- a/include/ForumManager.php
+++ b/include/ForumManager.php
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class ForumManager {
 		$total = count($contacts);
 		$visible_forums = 10;
 
-		if(is_filled_array($contacts)) {
+		if(dba::is_result($contacts)) {
 
 			$id = 0;
 
diff --git a/include/dba.php b/include/dba.php
index cae045d874..3a16c187c7 100644
--- a/include/dba.php
+++ b/include/dba.php
@@ -230,6 +230,16 @@ class dba {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks if $array is a filled array with at least one entry.
+	 *
+	 * @param	$array	mixed	A filled array with at least one entry
+	 * @return	Whether $array is a filled array
+	 */
+	public function is_result ($array) {
+		return (is_array($array) && count($array) > 0);
+	}
+
 	function __destruct() {
 		if ($this->db)
 			if($this->mysqli)
@@ -340,4 +350,3 @@ function dbesc_array(&$arr) {
 function dba_timer() {
 	return microtime(true);
 }
-
diff --git a/include/dba_pdo.php b/include/dba_pdo.php
index 7b720fb6c1..b48aba4487 100644
--- a/include/dba_pdo.php
+++ b/include/dba_pdo.php
@@ -232,6 +232,16 @@ class dba {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks if $array is a filled array with at least one entry.
+	 *
+	 * @param	$array	mixed	A filled array with at least one entry
+	 * @return	Whether $array is a filled array
+	 */
+	public function is_result ($array) {
+		return (is_array($array) && count($array) > 0);
+	}
+
 	function __destruct() {
 		if ($this->db) 
 		  \DDDBL\disconnect();
diff --git a/include/poller.php b/include/poller.php
index 0b3d89ab3d..b0e88f73dd 100644
--- a/include/poller.php
+++ b/include/poller.php
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ function poller_max_connections_reached() {
 function poller_kill_stale_workers() {
 	$r = q("SELECT `pid`, `executed` FROM `workerqueue` WHERE `executed` != '0000-00-00 00:00:00'");
 
-	if (!is_filled_array($r)) {
+	if (!dba::is_result($r)) {
 		// No processing here needed
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 841eede0ab..484c276343 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ if (x($_SESSION,'authenticated') && !x($_SESSION,'language')) {
 	// we didn't loaded user data yet, but we need user language
 	$r = q("SELECT language FROM user WHERE uid=%d", intval($_SESSION['uid']));
 	$_SESSION['language'] = $lang;
-	if (is_filled_array($r)) $_SESSION['language'] = $r[0]['language'];
+	if (dba::is_result($r)) $_SESSION['language'] = $r[0]['language'];
 }
 
 if((x($_SESSION,'language')) && ($_SESSION['language'] !== $lang)) {
diff --git a/mod/message.php b/mod/message.php
index 6e176f7123..b6981cc88c 100644
--- a/mod/message.php
+++ b/mod/message.php
@@ -360,13 +360,13 @@ function message_content(&$a) {
 			dbesc($myprofile)
 		);
 
-		if (is_filled_array($r)) {
+		if (dba::is_result($r)) {
 			$a->set_pager_total($r[0]['total']);
 		}
 
 		$r = get_messages(local_user(), $a->pager['start'], $a->pager['itemspage']);
 
-		if(! is_filled_array($r)) {
+		if(! dba::is_result($r)) {
 			info( t('No messages.') . EOL);
 			return $o;
 		}
diff --git a/mod/ping.php b/mod/ping.php
index f572b430e8..9338b8b686 100644
--- a/mod/ping.php
+++ b/mod/ping.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 			intval(local_user()), intval(local_user())
 		);
 
-		if(is_filled_array($r)) {
+		if(dba::is_result($r)) {
 
 			$arr = array('items' => $r);
 			call_hooks('network_ping', $arr);
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 			dbesc(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC','now'))
 		);
 
-		if(is_filled_array($ev)) {
+		if(dba::is_result($ev)) {
 			$all_events = intval($ev[0]['total']);
 
 			if($all_events) {
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 				<home>$home</home>\r\n";
 		if ($register!=0) echo "<register>$register</register>";
 
-		if ( is_filled_array($groups_unseen) ) {
+		if ( dba::is_result($groups_unseen) ) {
 			echo '<groups>';
 			foreach ($groups_unseen as $it)
 				if ($it['count'] > 0)
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 			echo "</groups>";
 		}
 
-		if ( is_filled_array($forums_unseen) ) {
+		if ( dba::is_result($forums_unseen) ) {
 			echo '<forums>';
 			foreach ($forums_unseen as $it)
 				if ($it['count'] > 0)
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 			<birthdays-today>$birthdays_today</birthdays-today>\r\n";
 
 
-		if (is_filled_array($notifs) && (! $sysnotify)) {
+		if (dba::is_result($notifs) && (! $sysnotify)) {
 			foreach ($notifs as $zz) {
 				if($zz['seen'] == 0)
 					$sysnotify ++;
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 		echo '	<notif count="'. ($sysnotify + $intro + $mail + $register) .'">';
 
 		// merge all notification types in one array
-		if ( is_filled_array($intros) ) {
+		if ( dba::is_result($intros) ) {
 			foreach ($intros as $i) {
 				$n = array(
 					'href' => $a->get_baseurl().'/notifications/intros/'.$i['id'],
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ( is_filled_array($mails) ) {
+		if ( dba::is_result($mails) ) {
 			foreach ($mails as $i) {
 				$n = array(
 					'href' => $a->get_baseurl().'/message/'.$i['id'],
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ( is_filled_array($regs) ) {
+		if ( dba::is_result($regs) ) {
 			foreach ($regs as $i) {
 				$n = array(
 					'href' => $a->get_baseurl().'/admin/users/',
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 		};
 		usort($notifs, $sort_function);
 
-		if( is_filled_array($notifs) ) {
+		if( dba::is_result($notifs) ) {
 			foreach($notifs as $n) {
 				echo xmlize($n);
 			}