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    getfeaturedtroop();
    $troop_for_points=$featured_troop;
    echo "featured check".$featured_troop;


function getfeaturedtroop() {
$query = 'SELECT value FROM sinjar_config WHERE type = "featured_troop"';
$row = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
list($featured_troop) = mysql_fetch_row($row);
echo "featured".$featured_troop;
return ($featured_troop);
}