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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/class/artist.class.php | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/class/artist.class.php b/lib/class/artist.class.php index 7116d979..552d9645 100644 --- a/lib/class/artist.class.php +++ b/lib/class/artist.class.php @@ -94,6 +94,24 @@ class Artist { } // _get_info /** + * get_from_name + * This gets an artist object based on the artist name + */ + public static function get_from_name($name) { + + $name = Dba::escape($name); + $sql = "SELECT `id` FROM `artist` WHERE `name`='$name'"; + $db_results = Dba::query($sql); + + $row = Dba::fetch_assoc($db_results); + + $object = new Artist($row['id']); + + return $object; + + } // get_from_name + + /** * get_albums * gets the album ids that this artist is a part * of |