function special_access($user_id) { $Controller = new Controller(); $Controller->special_access_column_check(); $this->db_connection = new mysqli(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME); if ($this->db_connection->connect_error) { die("Connection failed: " . $this->db_connection->connect_error); } $query = "SELECT user_id,\n special_access\n FROM `" . _DB_PREFIX . "user`\n WHERE user_id = {$user_id}"; $result = $this->db_connection->query($query); //$row = $result->fetch_assoc(); //echo $row['special_access']; //echo "<strong>" . $user_id . "</strong>"; return $result; }