diff --git a/html/includes/authentication/ldap.inc.php b/html/includes/authentication/ldap.inc.php
index 636eebe11..c091d4b2d 100644
--- a/html/includes/authentication/ldap.inc.php
+++ b/html/includes/authentication/ldap.inc.php
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ function user_exists($username)
 function get_userlevel($username)
 {
   # FIXME should come from LDAP
-  return dbFetchRow("SELECT `level` FROM `users` WHERE `username` = ?", array($username));
+  return dbFetchCell("SELECT `level` FROM `users` WHERE `username` = ?", array($username));
 }
 
 function get_userid($username)
 {
   # FIXME should come from LDAP
-  return dbFetchRow("SELECT `user_id` FROM `users` WHERE `username` = ?", array($username));
+  return dbFetchCell("SELECT `user_id` FROM `users` WHERE `username` = ?", array($username));
 }
 
 function deluser($username)
diff --git a/html/includes/authentication/mysql.inc.php b/html/includes/authentication/mysql.inc.php
index c0cac2cf2..7f39ec19b 100644
--- a/html/includes/authentication/mysql.inc.php
+++ b/html/includes/authentication/mysql.inc.php
@@ -26,14 +26,13 @@ function authenticate($username,$password)
 
 function passwordscanchange($username="")
 {
-  
-  
   /*
    * By default allow the password to be modified, unless the existing
    * user is explicitly prohibited to do so.
    */
   
-  if (empty($username) || !user_exists($username)) {
+  if (empty($username) || !user_exists($username))
+  {
     return 1;
   } else {
     return dbFetchCell("SELECT can_modify_passwd FROM users WHERE username = ?", array($username));