db_connect_id) {
      echo "
Error:
            Connection to database failed
            
";
      exit();
}
function geocode($address) {
  // Initialize delay in geocode speed
  $delay = 0; 
  $base_url = "https://" . MAPS_HOST . "/maps/api/geocode/xml?&key=" . KEY;
  //echo ("Base URL: ".$base_url);
  $status = "";
  $geocode_pending = true;
  while ($geocode_pending) {
    $address = str_replace(" ", "+", $address);
    $address = str_replace("#", "", $address);
    $address = str_replace("\'", "", $address);
    $address = str_replace("/", "", $address);
    $request_url = $base_url . "address=" . $address . "&sensor=false"; //urlencode($address);
    $request_url = mb_convert_encoding($request_url, "UTF-8", "auto");
    //echo ($request_url."
");
    // Create cUrl object to grab XML content using $request_url
        $c = curl_init();
        curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, $request_url);
        curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
        $xmlContent = trim(curl_exec($c));
        curl_close($c);
        // Create SimpleXML object from XML Content
        $xml = simplexml_load_string($xmlContent);
        // Print out all of the XML Object
        //print header("Content-type: text/plain");
        //print_r($xml);
    
    $resolution = $xml->result->geometry->location_type;
    
        $status = $xml->status;
    if (strcmp($status, "OK") == 0) {
      // Successful geocode
      $geocode_pending = false;
      $lat = $xml->result->geometry->location->lat;
      $lng = $xml->result->geometry->location->lng;
      $latlng_array = array($lat, $lng);
          return ($latlng_array);
    } elseif (strcmp($status, "OVER_QUERY_LIMIT") == 0)  {
      // failure to geocode
      $geocode_pending = false;
      $status =  "Address " . $address . " failed to geocode. ";
      $status = $status . "Received status " . $status . "\n";
      return ($status); 
    } else {
      // failure to geocode
      $geocode_pending = false;
      $status = "Address " . $address . " failed to geocode. ";
      $status = $status . "Received status " . $status . "\n";
      return ($status); 
    }
  }
  
}
function get_sid() {
    if (isset($_SESSION['cookie']) and $_SESSION['cookie']) {
        return '';
    }
    else {
        return '&'.SID;
    }
}
function is_admin() {
    if(is_logged_in($user)){
        $username = base64_decode($_SESSION['user']);
        if ($username === "Slowman" || $username === "Rappstar" || $username === "rrheisler" || $username === "Ewynn") { 
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    } else { 
        return false;
    }
}
//global function for checking whether user is logged in or not.
//you will notice we will use it everwhere in the script.
function is_logged_in($user) {
    global $db,$prefix;
    // return true if we're already logged in
    if (isset($_SESSION['user']) && $_SESSION['user'] != '') {
        return 1;
    }
    // try and get the session id
    if (isset($_REQUEST['gforum_1022870964_session'])) {
        $session_id = $_REQUEST['gforum_1022870964_session'];
    }
    else if ($_REQUEST['from'] == 'gforum') {
        foreach ($_COOKIE as $key => $value) {
            if (preg_match('/gforum.*session/', $key)) {
                $session_id = $value;
                break;
            }
        }
        if (! isset($session_id)) {
            return 0;
        }
    }
    // return false if we have no login info
    else {
        return 0;
    }
    $result = mysql_query("SELECT session_user_id FROM ".$prefix."Session WHERE session_id='$session_id'") or die (mysql_error());
    $row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
    $user_id = $row['session_user_id'];
    $result = mysql_query("SELECT user_username,user_password,user_last_logon FROM ".$prefix."User WHERE user_id='$user_id'");
    $row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
    $_SESSION['user'] = base64_encode($row['user_username']);
    $_SESSION['password'] = base64_encode($row['user_password']);
    $_SESSION['user_id'] = base64_encode($user_id);
    $_SESSION['session_id'] = $session_id;
    $_SESSION['cookie'] = !(isset($_REQUEST['session']));
        if ($_SESSION['user_id'] == '') { return 0; }
    // we're now logged in, so return 1
    return 1;
    // TODO: SLOWTWITCH CHANGE END
}
?>