public function get_titles($params = array())
    {
        if ( ! isset($params['titles_ids']))
        {
            $this->db->select('titles.title_id');
        }
        if ( ! isset($params['title_names']))
        {
            $this->db->select('titles.title_name');
        }
        if ( ! isset($params['title_directory_names']))
        {
            $this->db->select('titles.title_directory_name');
        }
        if ( ! isset($params['title_status_ids']))
        {
            $this->db->select('titles.title_status_id');
        }
        if ( ! isset($params['title_sort_order_ids']))
        {
            $this->db->select('titles.title_sort_order');
        }
        $this->db->from('titles');

        //checking to see if any $params are attempting to be passed
        if(count($params) > 0)
        {
            //start title specific selection
            if (isset($params['title_ds']))
            {
                //passed multiple ids.
                //eg $params['title_ids'] = array(0, 2);
                if (is_array($params['title_ids']))
                {
                    $a = 0;
                    foreach($params['title_ids'] as $title_id)
                    {
                        if ($a == 0)
                        {
                            $this->db->where('titles.title_id', $title_id);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            $this->db->or_where('titles.title_id', $title_id);
                        }
                        $a++;
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    //if you only used a string with a single digit.
                    if (is_numeric($params['title_ids']))
                    {
                        $this->db->where('titles.title_id', $params['title_ids']);
                    }
                }
            }
            //end title specific selection

            //start title status types specific selection
            if (isset($params['title_status_ids']))
            {
                //passed multiple title status ids.
                //eg $params['title_status_ids'] = array(0, 2);
                if (is_array($params['title_status_ids']))
                {
                    $a = 0;
                    foreach($params['title_status_ids'] as $status_id)
                    {
                        if ($a == 0)
                        {
                            $this->db->where('titles.title_status_id', $status_id);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            $this->db->or_where('titles.title_status_id', $status_id);
                        }
                        $a++;
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    //if you only used a string with a single digit.
                    if (is_numeric($params['title_status_ids']))
                    {
                        $this->db->where('titles.title_status_id', $params['title_status_ids']);
                    }
                }
            }
            //end title status types specific selection

            //start titles sort_order specific selection
            if (isset($params['title_sort_order_ids']))
            {
                //passed multiple title sort_order ids.
                //eg $params['title_sort_ordder_ids'] = array(0, 2);
                if (is_array($params['title_sort_order_ids']))
                {
                    foreach ($params['title_sort_order_ids'] as $title_sort_order_id)
                    {
                        $this->db->where('titles.title_sort_order', $title_sort_order_id);
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    //if you only used a string with a single digit.
                    if (is_numeric($params['title_sort_order_ids']))
                    {
                        $this->db->where('titles.title_sort_order', $params['title_sort_order_ids']);
                    }
                }
            }
            //end titles sort_order specific selection

            //start title name specific selection
            if (isset($params['title_names']))
            {
                //passed multiple title names.
                //eg $params['title_names'] = array('Undisputed Title', 'Outlaw Title');
                if (is_array($params['title_names']))
                {
                    foreach ($params['title_names'] as $title_name)
                    {
                        $this->db->where('titles.title_name', $title_name);
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    //if you only used a string with a single value.
                    if (is_string($params['title_names']))
                    {
                        $this->db->where('titles.title_name', $params['title_names']);
                    }
                }
            }
            //end titles names specific selection

            //start title directory names specific selection
            if (isset($params['title_directory_names']))
            {
                //passed multiple title directory names.
                //eg $params['title_names'] = array('undisputed', 'outlaw');
                if (is_array($params['title_directory_names']))
                {
                    foreach ($params['title_directory_names'] as $title_directory_name)
                    {
                        $this->db->where('titles.title_directory_name', $title_directory_name);
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    //if you only used a string with a single value.
                    if (is_string($params['title_directory_names']))
                    {
                        $this->db->where('titles.title_directory_name', $params['title_directory_names']);
                    }
                }
            }
            //end title directory names specific selection
        }

        //if no params are found query will be made for all titles in the DB regardless it would be like
        // SELECT * FROM titles;

        $query = $this->db->get();
        if ($query->num_rows() > 0)
        {
            return $query->result();
        }
        else
        {
            return false;
        }
    }

    public function get_title_statuses($params = array())
    {
        if ( ! isset($params['title_statuses']))
        {
            $this->db->select('titles.title_id');
        }
        if ( ! isset($params['title_statuses']))
        {
            $this->db->select('titles.title_id');
        }
        $this->db->select('title_statuses.title_status_id');
        $this->db->select('title_statuses.title_status_name');
        $this->db->from('title_statuses');
        //checking to see if any $params are attempting to be passed
        if(count($params) > 0)
        {
            //start title status specific selection
            if (isset($params['title_status_ids']))
            {
                if (is_array($params['title_status_ids']))
                {
                    $a = 0;
                    foreach($params['title_status_ids'] as $title_status_id)
                    {
                        $this->db->where('title_statuses.title_status_id', $title_status_id);
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    //if you only used a string with a single digit.
                    if (is_numeric($params['title_status_ids']))
                    {
                        $this->db->where('title_statuses.title_status_id', $params['title_status_ids']);
                    }
                }
            }
            //end title status specific selection

            //start title status names specific selection
            if (isset($params['title_status_names']))
            {
                if (is_array($params['title_status_names']))
                {
                    $a = 0;
                    foreach($params['title_status_names'] as $title_status_name)
                    {
                        $this->db->where('title_statuses.title_status_name', $title_status_name);
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    //if you only used a string with a single value.
                    if (is_string($params['title_status_names']))
                    {
                        $this->db->where('title_statuses.title_status_names', $params['title_status_names']);
                    }
                }
            }
            //end title status names specific selection
        }

        //if no params are found query will be made for all titles in the DB regardless it would be like
        // SELECT * FROM title_statuses;

        $query = $this->db->get();
        if ($query->num_rows() > 0)
        {
            return $query->result();
        }
        else
        {
            return false;
        }
    }