+function get_user_auth($user_id, $password)
+{
+
+ $sql = "SELECT * FROM ".TB_PREF."users WHERE user_id = ".db_escape($user_id)." AND"
+ ." password=".db_escape($password);
+
+ return db_num_rows(db_query($sql, "could not get validate user login for $user_id")) != 0;
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+