function addDiscussionTopic($subject) { $userid = $_SESSION['USERID']; $var = $this->getDetail('ALL'); $courseid = $var['ID']; $sem = $var['Sem']; $year = $var['Year']; $database = new Database(); if ($database->connect()) { $details["topicAddStatus"] = $database->addTopic($userid, $courseid, $sem, $year, $subject); $database->disconnect(); unset($database); return $details; } }