added lookup_id function

git-svn-id: https://kt-dms.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kt-dms/trunk@117 c91229c3-7414-0410-bfa2-8a42b809f60b

added lookup_id function
git-svn-id: https://kt-dms.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kt-dms/trunk@117 c91229c3-7414-0410-bfa2-8a42b809f60b
michael
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lib/owl.lib.php
@@ -951,6 +951,28 @@ function group_to_name($id)
         return $sql->f("name");
     }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Performs an id field lookup on the specified table.
+ *
+ * @param $tableName
+ *        the name of table to perform the id lookup.
+ * @param $fieldName
+ *        the db field to return.
+ * @param $fieldValue
+ *        the value to perform the lookup for
+ * @return the id of the row in the db with $fieldName=$fieldValue
+ */
+ 
+function lookup_id($tableName, $fieldName, $fieldValue)
+{
+    $sql = new Owl_DB; 
+    $sql->query("select id from $tableName where $fieldName = '$fieldValue'");
+    while($sql->next_record()) 
+    {
+        return $sql->f("id");
+    }
+}
 //------------------------------------------------------------        
 /**
  * Function uid_to_name($id) 
@@ -1615,6 +1637,7 @@ function printgroupperm($currentval, $namevariable, $printmessage, $type) {
  * and loading the default language
  */ 
 // make request parameters global
+/*
 if (substr(phpversion(),0,5) >= "4.1.0") {
     // if supported by the installed version of PHP
     import_request_variables('pgc');
@@ -1638,7 +1661,7 @@ if (substr(phpversion(),0,5) &gt;= &quot;4.1.0&quot;) {
         extract($HTTP_POST_FILES);
     }
 }
-
+*/
 /*
 // initialise session var
 if(!isset($sess)) {