diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index e9303211a2..754853d0d8 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ class App {
 		} else {
 			$r = q("SELECT `contact`.`avatar-date` AS picdate FROM `contact` WHERE `contact`.`thumb` like '%%/%s'",
 				$common_filename);
-			if(! dba::is_result($r)){
+			if(! dbm::is_result($r)){
 				$this->cached_profile_image[$avatar_image] = $avatar_image;
 			} else {
 				$this->cached_profile_picdate[$common_filename] = "?rev=".urlencode($r[0]['picdate']);
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ function run_update_function($x) {
 function check_plugins(&$a) {
 
 	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `addon` WHERE `installed` = 1");
-	if(dba::is_result($r))
+	if(dbm::is_result($r))
 		$installed = $r;
 	else
 		$installed = array();
@@ -1756,7 +1756,7 @@ function current_theme(){
 		$r = q("select theme from user where uid = %d limit 1",
 			intval($a->profile_uid)
 		);
-		if(dba::is_result($r))
+		if(dbm::is_result($r))
 			$page_theme = $r[0]['theme'];
 	}
 
@@ -1869,7 +1869,7 @@ function feed_birthday($uid,$tz) {
 			intval($uid)
 	);
 
-	if(dba::is_result($p)) {
+	if(dbm::is_result($p)) {
 		$tmp_dob = substr($p[0]['dob'],5);
 		if(intval($tmp_dob)) {
 			$y = datetime_convert($tz,$tz,'now','Y');
diff --git a/include/ForumManager.php b/include/ForumManager.php
index 9e3c3b9d70..69ff82cd40 100644
--- a/include/ForumManager.php
+++ b/include/ForumManager.php
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class ForumManager {
 		$total = count($contacts);
 		$visible_forums = 10;
 
-		if(dba::is_result($contacts)) {
+		if(dbm::is_result($contacts)) {
 
 			$id = 0;
 
diff --git a/include/dba.php b/include/dba.php
index 3a16c187c7..2c6e72d3a1 100644
--- a/include/dba.php
+++ b/include/dba.php
@@ -230,16 +230,6 @@ 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)
diff --git a/include/dba_pdo.php b/include/dba_pdo.php
index b48aba4487..7b720fb6c1 100644
--- a/include/dba_pdo.php
+++ b/include/dba_pdo.php
@@ -232,16 +232,6 @@ 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/dbm.php b/include/dbm.php
index 3f936947d8..7c8c9b8c14 100644
--- a/include/dbm.php
+++ b/include/dbm.php
@@ -35,5 +35,15 @@ class dbm {
 		}
 		return(array("list" => $statelist, "amount" => $processes));
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * 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);
+	}
 }
 ?>
diff --git a/include/poller.php b/include/poller.php
index 22fdbb5e53..805e0fd5e9 100644
--- a/include/poller.php
+++ b/include/poller.php
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ 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 (!dba::is_result($r)) {
+	if (!dbm::is_result($r)) {
 		// No processing here needed
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index a8b7577e07..ef0138397d 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ 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'] = $lang;
-	if (dba::is_result($r)) $_SESSION['language'] = $r[0]['language'];
+	if (dbm::is_result($r)) $_SESSION['language'] = $r[0]['language'];
 }
 
 if((x($_SESSION,'language')) && ($_SESSION['language'] !== $lang)) {
diff --git a/mod/message.php b/mod/message.php
index b08ab200ec..4bd73d0cee 100644
--- a/mod/message.php
+++ b/mod/message.php
@@ -373,13 +373,13 @@ function message_content(&$a) {
 			intval(local_user())
 		);
 
-		if (dba::is_result($r)) {
+		if (dbm::is_result($r)) {
 			$a->set_pager_total($r[0]['total']);
 		}
 
 		$r = get_messages(local_user(), $a->pager['start'], $a->pager['itemspage']);
 
-		if(! dba::is_result($r)) {
+		if(! dbm::is_result($r)) {
 			info( t('No messages.') . EOL);
 			return $o;
 		}
diff --git a/mod/network.php b/mod/network.php
index 1123c34371..6ebedbcae8 100644
--- a/mod/network.php
+++ b/mod/network.php
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 		$parents_str = '';
 		$date_offset = "";
 
-		if(dba::is_result($r)) {
+		if(dbm::is_result($r)) {
 			foreach($r as $rr)
 				if(! in_array($rr['item_id'],$parents_arr))
 					$parents_arr[] = $rr['item_id'];
diff --git a/mod/ping.php b/mod/ping.php
index 40cfe31fa5..f2e57430d2 100644
--- a/mod/ping.php
+++ b/mod/ping.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 			intval(local_user()), intval(local_user())
 		);
 
-		if(dba::is_result($r)) {
+		if(dbm::is_result($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(dba::is_result($ev)) {
+		if(dbm::is_result($ev)) {
 			$all_events = intval($ev[0]['total']);
 
 			if($all_events) {
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 				<home>$home</home>\r\n";
 		if ($register!=0) echo "<register>$register</register>";
 
-		if ( dba::is_result($groups_unseen) ) {
+		if ( dbm::is_result($groups_unseen) ) {
 			echo '<groups>';
 			foreach ($groups_unseen as $it)
 				if ($it['count'] > 0)
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 			echo "</groups>";
 		}
 
-		if ( dba::is_result($forums_unseen) ) {
+		if ( dbm::is_result($forums_unseen) ) {
 			echo '<forums>';
 			foreach ($forums_unseen as $it)
 				if ($it['count'] > 0)
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 			<birthdays-today>$birthdays_today</birthdays-today>\r\n";
 
 
-		if (dba::is_result($notifs) && (! $sysnotify)) {
+		if (dbm::is_result($notifs) && (! $sysnotify)) {
 			foreach ($notifs as $zz) {
 				if($zz['seen'] == 0)
 					$sysnotify ++;
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 		echo '	<notif count="'. ($sysnotify + $intro + $mail + $register) .'">';
 
 		// merge all notification types in one array
-		if ( dba::is_result($intros) ) {
+		if ( dbm::is_result($intros) ) {
 			foreach ($intros as $i) {
 				$n = array(
 					'href' => $a->get_baseurl().'/notifications/intros/'.$i['id'],
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ( dba::is_result($mails) ) {
+		if ( dbm::is_result($mails) ) {
 			foreach ($mails as $i) {
 				$n = array(
 					'href' => $a->get_baseurl().'/message/'.$i['id'],
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ( dba::is_result($regs) ) {
+		if ( dbm::is_result($regs) ) {
 			foreach ($regs as $i) {
 				$n = array(
 					'href' => $a->get_baseurl().'/admin/users/',
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 		};
 		usort($notifs, $sort_function);
 
-		if( dba::is_result($notifs) ) {
+		if( dbm::is_result($notifs) ) {
 			foreach($notifs as $n) {
 				echo xmlize($n);
 			}
diff --git a/mod/profile.php b/mod/profile.php
index 75cb65c9af..681b1dbd1c 100644
--- a/mod/profile.php
+++ b/mod/profile.php
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ function profile_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 	$parents_arr = array();
 	$parents_str = '';
 
-	if (dba::is_result($r)) {
+	if (dbm::is_result($r)) {
 		foreach($r as $rr)
 			$parents_arr[] = $rr['item_id'];
 		$parents_str = implode(', ', $parents_arr);