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+<?php
+
+class User {
+	var $id;
+	var $create_time;
+	var $name;
+	var $posts;
+        var $has_profile;
+
+	function User($id = -1, $create_time = 0, $name = "", $posts = -1, $has_profile = 0) {
+		$vars = get_class_vars('User');
+		foreach ($vars as $var => $value)
+			$this->$var = $$var;
+	}
+}
+
+function getUser($userID) {
+	$sql = "SELECT * FROM user WHERE id = ".$userID;
+	return getNextUser(sql_query($sql));
+}
+
+function getUserByAuth($auth) {
+	$sql = "SELECT * FROM user WHERE authenticator = '$auth'";
+	return getNextUser(sql_query($sql));
+}
+
+function getNextUser($result) {
+	$user = sql_fetch_array($result);
+	if (!$user)
+		return false;
+	foreach ($user as $var => $value)
+            $user[$var] = stripslashes($value);
+        
+        // Check whether or not this user has a profile.
+        $sql = "SELECT * FROM profile WHERE userid = " . $user['id'];
+        $result2 = sql_query($sql);
+        
+        if (sql_num_rows($result2) > 0)
+            $user['has_profile'] = 1;
+        
+        return new User($user['id'], $user['create_time'], $user['name'], $user['posts'], $user['has_profile']);
+}
+
+
+?>
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