From 203fe8d987033f747297dd00c1bdba8ceeb0f3b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Sutton <steve@gaslightmedia.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2016 17:29:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Adding new function for getting member id by name and get rid
 of error

Error in the category data abstract when is not defined.
---
 classes/data/dataCategories.php |  3 ++-
 setup/frontHooks.php            | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/classes/data/dataCategories.php b/classes/data/dataCategories.php
index 93e24001..9f36a758 100644
--- a/classes/data/dataCategories.php
+++ b/classes/data/dataCategories.php
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ class GlmDataCategories extends GlmDataAbstract
         if ($regionList !== false && trim($regionList) != '') {
             $regionWhere = " AND MI.region in ($regionList)";
         }
+        $where = '';
 
         // If we only want categories for active and visible members - and we want any of their parents (i know it's messy)
         if ($forActiveMembers) {
@@ -455,4 +456,4 @@ class GlmDataCategories extends GlmDataAbstract
 
 }
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/setup/frontHooks.php b/setup/frontHooks.php
index d3f8ffd9..b6aa98c9 100644
--- a/setup/frontHooks.php
+++ b/setup/frontHooks.php
@@ -328,3 +328,16 @@ function is_member( $id = false ) {
     }
     return false;
 }
+function get_member_id_by_name( $name = null )
+{
+    if ( $name ) {
+        global $wpdb;
+        $memberId = $wpdb->get_var(
+            $wpdb->prepare(
+                "SELECT id FROM " . GLM_MEMBERS_PLUGIN_DB_PREFIX . "members WHERE name = %s",
+                $name
+            )
+        );
+        return $memberId;
+    }
+}
-- 
2.17.1