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| -rw-r--r-- | modules/user/helpers/user.php | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/modules/user/helpers/user.php b/modules/user/helpers/user.php index 527db145..30b95099 100644 --- a/modules/user/helpers/user.php +++ b/modules/user/helpers/user.php @@ -282,6 +282,19 @@ class user_Core { } /** + * Look up a user by id. + * @param integer $id the user id + * @return User_Model the user object, or null if the id was invalid. + */ + static function lookup_by_name($name) { + $user = model_cache::get("user", $name, "name"); + if ($user->loaded) { + return $user; + } + return null; + } + + /** * Create a hashed password using md5 plus salt. * @param string $password plaintext password * @param string $salt (optional) salt or hash containing salt (randomly generated if omitted) |