File

includes/db.inc, line 577

This file contains mostly db shortcuts.

Code

function db_get_user_id_from_user_name($user_name, $type = "faculty") {

  $type_line = " is_faculty='1' ";
  if ($type == "student") {
    $type_line = " is_student='1' ";
  }

  // Force to be lowercase
  $user_name = trim(strtolower($user_name));

  $user_id = db_result(db_query("SELECT user_id FROM users WHERE user_name = ? AND $type_line ", $user_name));

  if ($user_id) {
    return $user_id;
  }

  return FALSE;

}