function register($first_name, $last_name, $phone, $email_address, $address, $address_2, $city, $state, $zip, $username, $passcode, $acctype){
    global $db;
    $data = Array(
            'first_name' => $first_name,
            'last_name' => $last_name,
            'phone' => $phone,
            'email_address' => $email_address,
            'address' => $address,
            'address_2' => $address_2,
            'city' => $city,
            'state' => $state,
            'zip' => $zip,
            'username' => $username,
            'passcode' => md5('salt'.$passcode.'pepper'),
            'acctype' => $acctype,
            'date_created' => $db->now()
    );
    $db->insert ('users', $data);
    if ($acctype = 'p'){
        //get id that was made and create parent meta using insert
        $db->where ("username", $username);
        $users = $db->getOne ("users");
        $pid=$users['id'];
        $data2 = Array(
                'parent_id' => $pid
         );
        $db->insert ('parent_meta', $data2);
    }
    $_SESSION['id'] = login($username, $passcode);
    return true;
}