1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/app/class/database.class.php b/app/class/database.class.php
index 6c6ecd6..c7ef65b 100644
--- a/app/class/database.class.php
+++ b/app/class/database.class.php
@@ -42,6 +42,32 @@ abstract class Database
     public abstract function close();
     public abstract function query(string $query) : array;
     public abstract function esc(string $str) : string;
+
+    /*
+     * This function will lookup the row from the database on the given
+     * table containing the given GUID and initialize the class properties
+     * on this object based on the given field list.
+     */
+    public function initObj(string $table, array $fields, string $guid = NULL)
+    {
+        if (is_null($guid))
+            return;
+
+        $guid = $this->esc($guid);
+        $query = "SELECT * FROM " . $table . " WHERE guid = '" . $guid . "'";
+        $res = $this->query($query);
+
+        if (!count($res))
+            return;
+
+        $res = $res[0];
+
+        foreach ($fields as $field)
+        {
+            if (isset($res[$field]))
+                $this->$field = $res[$field];
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 ?>