+
+ // getUserRank - obtains a rank for a given user.
+ static function getUserRank($user_id) {
+ global $user;
+ $mdb2 = getConnection();
+
+ $group_id = $user->getGroup();
+ $org_id = $user->org_id;
+
+ $sql = "select r.rank from tt_users u".
+ " left join tt_roles r on (u.role_id = r.id)".
+ " where u.id = $user_id and u.group_id = $group_id and u.org_id = $org_id";
+ $res = $mdb2->query($sql);
+ if (is_a($res, 'PEAR_Error')) return 0;
+ $val = $res->fetchRow();
+ return $val['rank'];
+ }