/**
 * description: A function that takes parameters from a given url to add a new
 * course to the database. It echos a json with result being 1 when successful 
 * or 0 if query failed
 */
function add()
{
    $cid = $_REQUEST["cid"];
    $cname = $_REQUEST["cname"];
    $desc = $_REQUEST["cdesc"];
    include "course.php";
    $obj = new course();
    if ($obj->addCourse($cid, $cname, $desc)) {
        echo '{"result":1}';
    } else {
        echo '{"result":0}';
    }
}