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+<?php
+
+include('../Auth/index.php');
+include('../Auth/db.ini.php');
+
+function grabPublicKey($uid){
+  global $dbservername;
+  global $dbusername;
+  global $dbpassword;
+  global $dbname;
+  $conn = new mysqli($dbservername, $dbusername, $dbpassword, $dbname);
+  if ($conn->connect_error) {
+    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
+  }
+
+  $sql = "SELECT publicKey FROM smz_messages_users WHERE uid='$uid'";
+  $result = $conn->query($sql);
+  if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
+    while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
+      return $row["publicKey"];
+    }
+  } else {
+    // ungültige Session
+    return false;
+  }
+  $conn->close();
+}
+function grabPrivateKey(){
+  global $dbservername;
+  global $dbusername;
+  global $dbpassword;
+  global $dbname;
+  global $uid;
+//  global $password_hash;
+  $conn = new mysqli($dbservername, $dbusername, $dbpassword, $dbname);
+  if ($conn->connect_error) {
+    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
+  }
+
+  $sql = "SELECT privateKey FROM smz_messages_users WHERE uid='$uid'";
+  $result = $conn->query($sql);
+  if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
+    while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
+      return $row["privateKey"];
+    }
+  } else {
+    // ungültige Session
+    return false;
+  }
+  $conn->close();
+}
+
+
+ ?>