shibdib / Dramiel

        $allianceArray = array();

        // If config is outdated

        if (null === $this->authGroups) {

            $msg = '**Auth Failure:** Please update the bots config to the latest version.';

            queueMessage($msg, $this->alertChannel, $this->guild);

            $nextCheck = time() + 10800;

            setPermCache('permsLastChecked', $nextCheck);

            return null;

        }

        //Set corp/ally id arrays

        foreach ($this->authGroups as $authGroup) {

        }

        // If config is outdated

        if (null === $this->authGroups) {

            $msg = '**Auth Failure:** Please update the bots config to the latest version.';

            queueMessage($msg, $this->alertChannel, $this->guild);

            //queue up next check

            $nextCheck = time() + 1800;

            setPermCache('authStateLastChecked', $nextCheck);

            return null;

        }

        //Establish connection to mysql

        $conn = new mysqli($this->db, $this->dbUser, $this->dbPass, $this->dbName);

        $result = $conn->query($sql);

        // If config is outdated

        if (null === $this->authGroups) {

            $msg = '**Auth Failure:** Please update the bots config to the latest version.';

            queueMessage($msg, $this->alertChannel, $this->guild);

            $nextCheck = time() + 1800;

            setPermCache('nextRename', $nextCheck);

            return null;

        }

        if (@$result->num_rows >= 1) {

            while ($rows = $result->fetch_assoc()) {