<?php

/***************************************************************************
             functions.php  -  All common functies, insert here
                             -------------------
    begin                : May 23, 2002
    copyright            : (C) 2002 by Harm Kolk & Onno de Jong 
    email                : hide@address.com 
                         : hide@address.com 

    $Id: functions.php,v 1.9 2002/06/12 14:17:56 lyon Exp $

    This file is part of the myCts project, specifically it belongs to
    the website.
 ***************************************************************************/

/***************************************************************************
 *                                                                         *
 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
 *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
 *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
 *                                                                         *
 ***************************************************************************/


function error($type, $description, $fatal=true)
{
	global $template;
	global $db;
	global $lang;

	if(!$template)
	{
		echo 'Pre template error<br>\n Description: ' . $description;
	}
	else
	{
		if($fatal)
		{
			if(!defined('HEADER_PUTOUT'))
			{
				$header = new header($lang[ADMIN]['title']);
				$header->do_print();
			}
			$template->set_filenames(
				 array(
					'main' => 'error.tpl.htm')
			);

			$template->assign_vars(
				array(
					'ERROR' => $description
			        )
			);

			$template->pparse('main');

			include 'footer.php';

			exit();
		}
		else
		{
			$error = 'an error occured: ' . $description;
			echo "<b>$error</b><br /><br />";
		}
        }
}

function get_request_var($name)
{
	global $HTTP_POST_VARS;
	global $HTTP_GET_VARS;
	if(isset($HTTP_GET_VARS[$name]) || isset( $HTTP_POST_VARS[$name] ))
	{
		$return = (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS[$name])) ? $HTTP_GET_VARS[$name] : $HTTP_POST_VARS[$name];
		$return = (is_string($return)) ? trim($return) : $return;
		return $return;
	}
	return '';
}


?>