3ie-api.vdm/utils.php

<?php
function starts_with($haystack, $needle)
{
  return ($needle === ""
          || strrpos($haystack, $needle, -strlen($haystack)) !== false);
}

function ends_with($haystack, $needle)
{
  return ($needle === ""
          || strpos($haystack, $needle, strlen($haystack) - strlen($needle))
          !== false);
}

function error($code, $message)
{
  header("HTTP/ $code $message");
  die(json_encode(array("code" => intval($code), "message" => $message)));
}

function get_param($array, $key, $is_error)
{
  if (isset($array[$key]))
    return $array[$key];
  else if ($is_error)
    error(400, "Missing parameters");
  else
    return false;
}

function get_post($key, $is_error = true)
{
  get_param($_POST, $key, $is_error);
}

function get_get($key, $is_error = true)
{
  get_param($_GET, $key, $is_error);
}

function check_table_field($header, $table, $field)
{
  $headers = apache_request_headers();
  if (!isset($headers[$header]))
    return false;
  $u = database_exec("SELECT id FROM $table WHERE `$field` = :data",
    array(":data" => $headers[$header]))->fetch();
  if (!$u)
    return false;
  return $headers[$header];
}

?>