function getPhones($id) {
        $data = Array();
        if ($stmt = $this->connection->prepare("select * from phones where PersonID = ?")) {
            $stmt->bind_param("i", intval($id));
            $stmt->execute();
            $stmt->store_result(); //returns the entire result set to the client immediately. If your result set is really large, this could be a problem.
            $stmt->bind_result($id, $type, $pNum, $areaCode);
            //fetch the rows
            if ($stmt->num_rows > 0) {
                while ($stmt->fetch()) {
                    $data[] = array('id' => $id,
                        'first' => $type,
                        'last' => $pNum,
                        'nick' => $areaCode);
                }
            }
        }
        return $data;
    }