if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "GET") {
      $dbconn = getConnection($username, $login);
      if ($_GET[$name] == "") {
        header("HTTP/1.1 400 Invalid Request");
        die("HTTP/1.1 400 Invalid Request: parameter '$name' must be non-empty");
    }
      $name = $_GET[$name];

      $user = getUser($dbconn,$name);
      $matches = getBasicMatches($dbconn,$user);
      $realmatches = getMatches($user[3], $matches);
      return $realmatches;
} elseif ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
      $dbconn = getConnection($username, $login);
      $name = $_POST[$name];
      $gender = $_POST[$gender];
      $age = $_POST[$age];
      $ptype = $_POST[$type];
      $os = $_POST[$os];
      $minage = $_POST[$minage];
      $maxage = $_POST[$maxage];
      return addUser($dbconn, $name, $gender, $age, $type, $os, $minage, $maxage);
}