function create_category($orderID, $name, $is_helpdesk)
{
$q = "(orderID, lang, name, is_helpdesk) values ({$orderID}, 1, '{$name}', {$is_helpdesk})";
$db = BoincDB::get();
$result = $db->insert("category", $q);
if (!$result) {
$cat = BoincCategory::lookup("name='{$name}' and is_helpdesk={$is_helpdesk}");
if ($cat) {
return $cat->id;
}
echo "can't create category\n";
echo $db->base_error();
exit;
}
return $db->insert_id();
}
while (1) {
echo "Enter the email address of admin account to appear as poster: ";
$x = trim(fgets($stdin));
$user = BoincUser::lookup("email_addr='{$x}'");
if (!$user) {
echo "No such user\n";
continue;
}
BoincForumPrefs::lookup($user);
if (!$user->prefs->privilege(S_ADMIN)) {
echo "User doesn't have admin privileges";
continue;
}
break;
}
$category = BoincCategory::lookup("orderID=0 and is_helpdesk=0");
if (!$category) {
die("can't find category");
}
$forum = BoincForum::lookup("parent_type=0 and title='{$forum_name}'");
if ($forum) {
die("News forum already exists");
}
$now = time();
$forum_id = BoincForum::insert("(category, orderID, title, description, timestamp, is_dev_blog, parent_type) values ({$category->id}, -1, '{$forum_name}', '{$forum_desc}', {$now}, 1, 0)");
$forum = BoincForum::lookup_id($forum_id);
foreach (array_reverse($project_news) as $item) {
$content = $item[1];
if (isset($item[2])) {
$title = $item[2];
} else {
