$sql = "select u.id, u.role_id from tt_users u left join tt_roles r on (u.role_id = r.id) where u.id = $user_id and u.team_id = $user->team_id and u.status = 1 and r.rank < $user->rank";
$res = $mdb2->query($sql);
if (is_a($res, 'PEAR_Error'))
$sql = "select u.id, u.role_id from tt_users u left join tt_roles r on (u.role_id = r.id) where u.id = $user_id and u.team_id = $user->team_id and u.status = 1 and r.rank < $user->rank";
$res = $mdb2->query($sql);
if (is_a($res, 'PEAR_Error'))