function public_message() {
	global $prefix, $user_prefix, $db, $user, $admin, $p_msg, $cookie, $broadcast_msg;
	if ($broadcast_msg == 1) {
		if (is_user($user)) {
			cookiedecode($user);
			$result = $db->sql_query("SELECT broadcast FROM ".$user_prefix."_users WHERE username='$cookie[1]'");
			$row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result);
			$upref = intval($row['broadcast']);
			if ($upref == 1) {
				$t_off = "<br><p align=\"right\">[ <a href=\"modules.php?name=Your_Account&amp;op=edithome\">";
				$t_off .= "<font size=\"2\">"._TURNOFFMSG."</font></a> ]";
				$pm_show = 1;
			} else {
				$pm_show = 0;
			}
		} else {
			$t_off = "";
		}
		if (!is_user($user) OR (is_user($user) AND ($pm_show == 1))) {
			$c_mid = base64_decode($p_msg);
			$c_mid = addslashes($c_mid);
			$c_mid = intval($c_mid);
			$result2 = $db->sql_query("SELECT mid, content, date, who FROM ".$prefix."_public_messages WHERE mid > '$c_mid' ORDER BY date ASC LIMIT 1");
			$row2 = $db->sql_fetchrow($result2);
			$mid = intval($row2['mid']);
			$content = filter($row2['content'], "nohtml");
			$tdate = $row2['date'];
			$who = filter($row2['who'], "nohtml");
			if ((!isset($c_mid)) OR ($c_mid = $mid)) {
				$public_msg = "<br><table width=\"90%\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"0\" bgcolor=\"FFFFFF\" align=\"center\"><tr><td>\n";
				$public_msg .= "<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"2\" bgcolor=\"FF0000\"><tr><td>\n";
				$public_msg .= "<font color=\"FFFFFF\" size=\"3\"><b>"._BROADCASTFROM." <a href=\"modules.php?name=Your_Account&amp;op=userinfo&amp;username  =$who\"><font color=\"FFFFFF\" size=\"3\">$who</font></a>: \"$content\"</b>";
				$public_msg .= "$t_off";
				$public_msg .= "</td></tr></table>";
				$public_msg .= "</td></tr></table>";
				$ref_date = $tdate+600;
				$actual_date = time();
				if ($actual_date >= $ref_date) {
					$public_msg = "";
					$numrows = $db->sql_numrows($db->sql_query("SELECT * FROM ".$prefix."_public_messages"));
					if ($numrows == 1) {
						$db->sql_query("DELETE FROM ".$prefix."_public_messages");
						$mid = 0;
					} else {
						$db->sql_query("DELETE FROM ".$prefix."_public_messages WHERE mid='$mid'");
					}
				}
				if ($mid == 0 OR empty($mid)) {
					setcookie("p_msg");
				} else {
					$mid = base64_encode($mid);
					$mid = addslashes($mid);
					setcookie("p_msg",$mid,time()+600);
				}
			}
		}
	} else {
		$public_msg = "";
	}
	return $public_msg;
}