*** custom_field_api_orig.php	Wed Sep  1 14:29:27 2004
--- custom_field_api.php	Wed Sep  1 14:31:47 2004
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*** 570,575 ****
--- 570,591 ----
  	# Data Access
  	#===================================
  
+ 
+     # --------------------
+     # Return the id of a custome field
+     #
+     function custom_field_get_id( $p_field_name ) {
+         $t_custom_field_table = config_get( 'mantis_custom_field_table' );
+         $query = "SELECT id FROM
+                   $t_custom_field_table
+                   WHERE name ='$p_field_name'";
+         $result = db_query( $query );
+  
+         $row = db_fetch_array( $result );
+ 
+         return $row['id'];
+     }
+ 
  	# --------------------
  	# Return an array all custom field ids
  	function custom_field_get_ids( $p_project_id = ALL_PROJECTS ) {