diff --git a/core/util.inc.php b/core/util.inc.php
index 3e00e2ff..212a194d 100644
--- a/core/util.inc.php
+++ b/core/util.inc.php
@@ -120,6 +120,16 @@ function plural($num, $single_form="", $plural_form="s") {
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * Different databases have different ways to represent booleans; this
+ * will try and standardise them
+ */
+function undb_bool($val) {
+	if($val === true  || $val == 'Y' || $val == 'y' || $val == 'T' || $val == 't' || $val === 1) return true;
+	if($val === false || $val == 'N' || $val == 'n' || $val == 'F' || $val == 'f' || $val === 0) return false;
+}
+
+
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