private function checkDonations(){
        if($this->AuthFunction() == true){
            $full_insert_data = array();
            $data = $this->getSoldDonations();
            $this->donationmessages[] = "Found ".count($data)." finished auctions";

            foreach($data as $auction){
                $check_donation_list = $this->db_connection->prepare("SELECT * FROM auction WHERE auctionid = :id");
                $check_donation_list->bindValue(':id', $auction, PDO::PARAM_INT);
                $check_donation_list->execute();

                if($check_donation_list->rowcount() == 0){
                    $get_postMeta = $this->db_connection->prepare("SELECT post_id, meta_key, meta_value FROM wp_postmeta
                        WHERE post_id = :id AND meta_value = 'added' AND meta_key = 'auction_added_status'");
                    $get_postMeta->bindValue(':id', $auction, PDO::PARAM_INT);
                    $get_postMeta->execute();
                    if($get_postMeta->rowcount() == 0){
                        $this->donationmessages[] = "Found a new auction with auction id: ".$auction;
                        $get_bid = $this->db_connection->prepare("SELECT bid, name, email, auction_id FROM wp_wdm_bidders
                            WHERE auction_id = :id ORDER BY bid DESC");
                        $get_bid->bindValue(':id', $auction, PDO::PARAM_INT);
                        $get_bid->execute();
                        if($get_bid->rowcount() > 0){
                            $this->donationmessages[] = "Retrieved bids for auction: ".$auction;
                            $biddata = $get_bid->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
                            $auctionpost = $this->getSettings($auction, "gettitle");

                            $get_userip = $this->db_connection->prepare("SELECT ip FROM wp_user_login_log WHERE user_login = :id");
                            $get_userip->bindValue(':id', $biddata['name'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
                            $get_userip->execute();
                            if($get_userip->rowcount() > 0){
                                $userip = $get_userip->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
                                $userip = $userip[0]["ip"];
                            }else{
                                $userip = "NOIP";
                            }
                            $full_insert_data[$auction]['bid'] = $biddata['bid'];
                            $full_insert_data[$auction]['itemname'] = $auctionpost;
                            $full_insert_data[$auction]['username'] = $biddata['name'];
                            $full_insert_data[$auction]['email'] = $biddata['email'];
                            $full_insert_data[$auction]['ip'] = $userip;

                            $this->donationmessages[] = "The highest bid for this auction was: ".$full_insert_data[$auction]['bid'];
                        try{
                            $set_new_donation = $this->db_connectionSecond->prepare("INSERT INTO
                                auction (itemname, price, username, email, ip)
                                VALUES (:itemname, :price, :username, :email, :ip)");
                            $set_new_donation->bindValue(':itemname', $full_insert_data[$auction]['itemname'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
                            $set_new_donation->bindValue(':price', $full_insert_data[$auction]['bid'], PDO::PARAM_INT);
                            $set_new_donation->bindValue(':username', $full_insert_data[$auction]['username'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
                            $set_new_donation->bindValue(':email', $full_insert_data[$auction]['email'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
                            $set_new_donation->bindValue(':ip', $full_insert_data[$auction]['ip'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
                            $set_new_donation->execute();

                        }catch(PDOException $e) {
                            echo "Something went wrong. Please report this error.";
                            file_put_contents('/PDOErrors.txt', $e->getMessage(), FILE_APPEND);
                        }
                            if($set_new_donation->rowcount() > 0){
                                $this->donationmessages[] = "A new donation has been added. Auction number: ".$auction;
                                $this->create_post_meta($auction, "auction_added_status", "added", true);
                            }else{
                                $this->donationmessages[] = "A new donation has NOT been added. Auction number: ".$auction;
                            }
                        }else{
                            $payamount = 0;
                            $this->donationmessages[] = "There were no bids for this auction.";
                        }
                    }else{
                        $this->donationmessages[] = "Found a new auction with auction id: ".$auction.". This was already added";
                    }
                }else{
                    $this->donationmessages[] = "Auction wasn't found: ".$auction;
                }

            }
        }
    }