Get post id by title

get_post_by_title.php

/**
 * Get id from post title
 *
 * @version 		0.01
 * @access			internal
 * @author			Agavriloaie Marius  <contact@dexblog.ro>
 *
 * @param 			none
 * @return 			none
 * =====================================================================================================
 * 
 * =====================================================================================================
 */
function get_post_by_title($page_title, $type = "post", $output = OBJECT) {
	global $wpdb;
	$post = $wpdb->get_var ( $wpdb->prepare ( "SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_title = %s AND post_type='$type'", $page_title ) );
	if ($post)
		return get_post ( $post, $output );
	return null;
}