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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/general.lib.php | 20 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/general.lib.php b/lib/general.lib.php index 7923a96d..f933ef94 100644 --- a/lib/general.lib.php +++ b/lib/general.lib.php @@ -969,4 +969,24 @@ function invert_boolean($value) { } // invert_boolean +/** + * get_user_from_username + * As we are moving away from user from username to user from + * unique ID (smaller/faster/more powerful!) this can be used + * to return a user object if all you've got is the username + */ +function get_user_from_username($username) { + + $sql = "SELECT id FROM user WHERE username='" . sql_escape($username) . "'"; + $db_results = mysql_query($sql, dbh()); + + $results = mysql_fetch_assoc($db_results); + + $user = new User($results['id']); + + return $user; + +} // get_user_from_username + + ?> |