+ // The getRoleByRank looks up a role by its rank.
+ static function getRoleByRank($rank) {
+ global $user;
+ $mdb2 = getConnection();
+
+ $rank = (int) $rank; // Cast to int just in case for better security.
+
+ $sql = "select id from tt_roles where team_id = $user->team_id and rank = $rank and (status = 1 or status = 0)";
+ $res = $mdb2->query($sql);
+
+ if (!is_a($res, 'PEAR_Error')) {
+ $val = $res->fetchRow();
+ if ($val['id'])
+ return $val;
+ }
+ return false;
+ }
+