Made big headway in preference management, accounts, importing stuff, etc. etc.

app/lib/Firefly/Helper/Preferences/PreferencesHelper.php

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+<?php
+namespace Firefly\Helper\Preferences;
+class PreferencesHelper implements PreferencesHelperInterface
+{
+
+    public function get($name, $default = null)
+    {
+        $pref = \Preference::where('user_id', \Auth::user()->id)->where('name', $name)->first();
+        if (is_null($default) && is_null($pref)) {
+            // return NULL
+            return null;
+        }
+        if (!is_null($pref)) {
+            return $pref;
+        }
+        if (!is_null($default) && is_null($pref)) {
+            // create preference, return that:
+            return $this->set($name, $default);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    public function set($name, $value)
+    {
+        $pref = \Preference::where('user_id', \Auth::user()->id)->where('name', $name)->first();
+        if (is_null($pref)) {
+            $pref = new \Preference;
+            $pref->name = $name;
+            $pref->user()->associate(\Auth::user());
+
+        }
+        $pref->data = $value;
+        $pref->save();
+
+
+        return $pref;
+
+    }
+}