2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/server/shared/Utilities/Util.cpp b/src/server/shared/Utilities/Util.cpp
index ff54237d10a..9a3d612a54b 100644
--- a/src/server/shared/Utilities/Util.cpp
+++ b/src/server/shared/Utilities/Util.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "Errors.h" // for ASSERT
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <boost/thread/tss.hpp>
+#include <boost/algorithm/string/case_conv.hpp>
 
 #if COMPILER == COMPILER_GNU
   #include <sys/socket.h>
@@ -605,3 +606,9 @@ void HexStrToByteArray(std::string const& str, uint8* out, bool reverse /*= fals
         out[j++] = strtoul(buffer, NULL, 16);
     }
 }
+
+bool StringToBool(std::string const& str)
+{
+    std::string lowerStr = boost::algorithm::to_lower_copy(str);
+    return lowerStr == "1" || lowerStr == "true" || lowerStr == "yes";
+}
diff --git a/src/server/shared/Utilities/Util.h b/src/server/shared/Utilities/Util.h
index 4e613ecd170..26e7ef76d04 100644
--- a/src/server/shared/Utilities/Util.h
+++ b/src/server/shared/Utilities/Util.h
@@ -370,6 +370,8 @@ uint32 CreatePIDFile(const std::string& filename);
 std::string ByteArrayToHexStr(uint8 const* bytes, uint32 length, bool reverse = false);
 void HexStrToByteArray(std::string const& str, uint8* out, bool reverse = false);
 
+bool StringToBool(std::string const& str);
+
 // simple class for not-modifyable list
 template <typename T>
 class HookList