public function getStatus($output)
    {
        //if error code is returned, API will return an integer error code
        if ($this->isnum($output)) {
            return false;

            //returns from Mutlucell
        } elseif (preg_match('/(\$[0-9]+\#[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)/i', $output)) {

            //returned output is formatted like $ID#STATUS
            //E.g: $1234567#1.0
            $output = explode('#', $output);

            $status = $output[1];
            if ($status == '0.0') {
                return false;
            } else {
                return true;
            }

            //Unknown error
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }