function log_in_user($username, $password) {
	
	// Get the user based on the username from the POST
	$user = parse_user($username);

	// Remove html tags from the title and content fields
	$username_stripped = strip_tags($username);
	$password_stripped = strip_tags($password);
	
	// Validate the Form Data
	if(isEmptyString($username_stripped)) return new WP_Error('forgot_username', 'You forgot to enter your Username');
	if(isEmptyString($password_stripped)) return new WP_Error('incorrect_password', "You forgot to enter your Password.");
	if(!wp_check_password( $password_stripped, $user->user_pass ) ) return new WP_Error('incorrect_password', "You seem to have entered a wrong password.");
	
	wp_set_auth_cookie($user->ID, $remember);
	wp_login($username_stripped, $password_stripped);
		
	wp_redirect(apply_filters('login_redirect', get_bloginfo('url') . '/my-account/','', $user));
    exit;
	
}