+function cx_images_find_image($image_id) {
+       $sql = 'SELECT
+               image_id,
+               image_uid,
+               image_type,
+               image_alt_text
+               FROM images
+               WHERE image_id == ?
+               OR image_uid LIKE ?
+               LIMIT 1;';
+
+       foreach (cx_db_query($sql, $image_id, $image_id . "%") as $image) {
+               $i = new Image($image);
+               return $i;
+       }
+
+       return null;
+}
+