extract update user data

<?php
//...snip...

	/**    
	 * Update MoneyBird Contact
	 *
	 * Update and existing contact using the MoneyBird API 
	 *
	 * @access private
	 * @return contact
	 */
	function __updateContact($user_id) {
				
		// load MoneyBird API
		Configure::load('settings');
		App::import('Vendor', 'moneybird' . DS . 'Api', array('file' => 'Api.php'));
		$mbapi = new MoneybirdApi(Configure::read('MoneyBird.company'), Configure::read('MoneyBird.login'), Configure::read('MoneyBird.password'));
		
		$user = $this->read(null, $user_id);
		
		// get country list
		$country = ClassRegistry::init('Country')->find('first', array(
			'conditions'=>array('id'=>$user['User']['country_id'])
		));
		
		if (!empty($user['User']['moneybird_id'])) {
			
			// Update existing contact
			$contact = new MoneybirdContact;
			$contact = $mbapi->getContact($user['User']['moneybird_id']);

	        $contact->name = (!empty($user['User']['organisation'])) ? $user['User']['organisation'] : $user['User']['name'];
	        $contact->contact_name = $user['User']['name'];
	        $contact->email = $user['User']['email'];
			$contact->address1 = $user['User']['address'];
	        $contact->zipcode = $user['User']['zipcode'];
	        $contact->city = $user['User']['city'];
	        $contact->phone = $user['User']['tel'];
			$contact->tax_number = $user['User']['tax_number'];
	        $contact->country = $country['Country']['name'];

	       	return $mbapi->saveContact($contact);

		}
		
	}
//...snip...

?>