WordPress \ WPML : Various utility functions I made but don't remember why or if they work.

wp-wpml-helpers.php

<?php

/**
 * WPML Utility Functions
 */

if ( ! function_exists('icl_get_object') )
{
	/**
	 * Retrieve an associated translated object from another object's ID.
	 *
	 * @uses $wpdb
	 *
	 * @param  int    $element_id       The ID of the post, page, tag or category.
	 * @param  string $element_type     Optional. The object type. Either a post type or a taxonomy.
	 * @param  string $ulanguage_code   If set, forces the language of the returned object and can
	 *                                  be different than the displayed language.
	 * @param  bool   $return_original  `true` if WPML should return the ID of the original
	 *                                  language element if the translation is missing or
	 *                                  `false` if WPML should return a NULL if translation
	 *                                  is missing.
	 * @return mixed  Returns a `WP_Post` object, `false` if WPML isn't present,
	 *                `null` if the post doesnt exist, or an error occurred.
	 */

	function icl_get_object ( $element_id, $element_type = 'post', $ulanguage_code = null, $return_original = false )
	{
		if ( class_exists('SitePress') ) {
			# if ( ICL_LANGUAGE_CODE !== ICL_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE ) {
				$translated_id = icl_object_id( $element_id, $element_type, $return_original, $ulanguage_code );

				if ( (int) $translated_id > 0 ) {
					return get_post( (int) $translated_id );
				}
			# }
		}

		return false;
	}
}



if ( ! function_exists('icl_get_translation') ) {
	
	/**
	 * Retrieve an associated translated object from another object's ID.
	 *
	 * @uses $wpdb
	 *
	 * @param int $element_id The ID of the post, page, tag or category
	 * @return mixed  Returns a `WP_Post` object, `false` if WPML isn't present,
	 *                `null` if the post doesnt exist, or an error occurred.
	 */

	function icl_get_translation( $element_id )
	{
		global $wpdb;

		if ( ICL_LANGUAGE_CODE == ICL_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE ) {
			$querystr = "SELECT element_id as tid FROM {$wpdb->prefix}icl_translations WHERE `trid` = '$element_id' AND source_language_code = '".ICL_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE."' LIMIT 1";
		}
		else {
			$querystr = "SELECT trid as tid FROM {$wpdb->prefix}icl_translations WHERE `element_id` = '$element_id' AND source_language_code = '".ICL_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE."' LIMIT 1";
		}

		$translation = $wpdb->get_results($querystr, OBJECT);

		if ( ! empty( $translation[0] ) ) {
			$post_id = intval($translation[0]->tid);
			$translation = get_post($post_id);
			return $translation;
		}

		return false;
	}
}