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+<?php
+/* Copyright (C) 2006 Technikum-Wien
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Authors: Christian Paminger <christian.paminger@technikum-wien.at>,
+ *          Andreas Oesterreicher <andreas.oesterreicher@technikum-wien.at> and
+ *          Rudolf Hangl <rudolf.hangl@technikum-wien.at>.
+ */
+
+
+
+// ****
+// * Generiert die UID
+// * FORMAT: el07b001
+// * $stgkzl: el = studiengangskuerzel
+// * $jahr: 07 = Jahr
+// * $stgtyp: b/m/d/x = Bachelor/Master/Diplom/Incomming
+// * $matrikelnummer
+// * 001 = Laufende Nummer ( Wenn StSem==SS dann wird zur nummer 500 dazugezaehlt)
+// ****
+function generateUID($stgkzl,$jahr, $stgtyp, $matrikelnummer)
+{
+	$art = substr($matrikelnummer, 2, 1);
+	$nr = substr($matrikelnummer, 7);
+	if($art=='2')
+		$nr = $nr+500;
+	return $stgkzl.$jahr.($art!='0'?$stgtyp:'x').$nr;
+}
+?>
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