/**
  * Purpose: Determine whether the supplied username and password 
  *  combination is valid
  * @param string $username the username to check
  * @param string $password the password to check
  * @return boolean True if the username/password combo is valid
  *  and False otherwise
  */
 public function isValid($username, $password)
 {
     // Verify that the username exits, and that the supplied password
     // matches the real password
     // By default, the combination is not valid
     $valid = FALSE;
     // Open a database connection
     $db = new DbObject();
     // Query for the password for the specified username
     $qryResults = $db->select("password", "Member", "username='******'");
     // If there was one row returned, check the password against
     // the supplied password
     if ($qryResults->num_rows == 1) {
         $passwordRow = $qryResults->fetch_row();
         if (password_verify($password, $passwordRow[0])) {
             $valid = TRUE;
         }
     }
     // Return whether the username and password combination is valid
     return $valid;
 }