diff --git a/application/libraries/Genfunctions.php b/application/libraries/Genfunctions.php
index e97f68d65..ff8938fe5 100644
--- a/application/libraries/Genfunctions.php
+++ b/application/libraries/Genfunctions.php
@@ -121,4 +121,15 @@ class Genfunctions
 		}
 	}
 
+	function country2flag($code) {
+		$code = strtoupper($code);
+	
+		$offset = 0x1F1E6;
+		$code_p1 = $offset + ord($code[0]) - ord('A');
+		$code_p2 = $offset + ord($code[1]) - ord('A');
+	
+		$flag = mb_chr($code_p1, 'UTF-8') . mb_chr($code_p2, 'UTF-8');
+		return $flag;
+	}
+
 }