GetLikeDislike() - 5/1/13

function GetLikeDislike($arg = null) {
     global $wpdb;

     $post_id = get_the_ID();
     $like_post = "";
     $title_text = 'Liek dis/I don liek';

    //check for title text. if empty then have the default value
     if(empty($title_text)) {
        $title_text_like = __('Like', 'memepls_like_dislike');
        $title_text_unlike = __('Unlike', 'memepls_like_dislike');
     } else {
        $title_text = explode('/', $title_text);
        $title_text_like = $title_text[0];
        $title_text_unlike = $title_text[1];
     }

    //checking for excluded posts
    $like_count = GetLikeCount($post_id);
    $unlike_count = GetUnlikeCount($post_id);
    $msg = GetVotedMessage($post_id);
    $alignment = 'left';
    $style = 'style1';

    $like_post .= "<div id='watch_action'>";
    $like_post .= "<div id='watch_position'>";
    $like_post .= "<div id='action_like'>".  //THIS IS THE FUCKER THAT CAUSED ME TO WASTE SO MUCH TIME
                        "<span class='like-".$post_id." like'><img title='".__($title_text_like, 'memepls_like_dislike')."' id='like-".$post_id."' rel='like' class='lbg-$style jlk' src='".get_template_directory_uri()."/images/like.png'></span>".
                        "<span id='lc-".$post_id."' class='lc'>".$like_count."</span>".
                   "</div>";

    $like_post .= "<div id='action_unlike'>".
                        "<span class='unlike-".$post_id." unlike'><img title='".__($title_text_unlike, 'memepls_like_dislike')."' id='unlike-".$post_id."' rel='unlike' class='unlbg-$style jlk' src='".get_template_directory_uri()."/images/dislike.png'></span>".
                        "<span id='unlc-".$post_id."' class='unlc'>".$unlike_count."</span>".
                   "</div>";

    $like_post .= "</div> ";
    $like_post .= "<div id='status-".$post_id."' class='status' style='float:".$alignment."; '>&nbsp;&nbsp;" . $msg . "</div>";
    $like_post .= "</div><div id='clear'></div>";

     if ($arg == 'put') {
        return $like_post;
     } else {
        echo $like_post;
     }
}