Something Wrong with this IF Statement?

[partypete]

Hello,

This IF statement isn't working. Do you see anything wrong with it?

DON"T SHOW:

<?php if ($_SESSION['sessLevel'] < "8"){ ?>
<tr><td>
Access Level is Not High Enough
</td></tr>
<?php } ?>

DO SHOW:

<?php if ($_SESSION['sessLevel'] >= "8"){ ?>
<tr><td>
Menu Option 1
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
Menu Option 2
</td></tr>
<?php } ?>

I'm not sure what's wrong with it. These are in an include file(a menu). This file has no HEAD, BODY, HTML tags etc because it's an include file. Could this be a problem?

<?php
session_start();
?>

... is at the top of the file, but not before any HEAD tags etc as mentioned above.

Thanks for any help!

[LordShryku]

Maybe because you're trying to do a number comparison against a string? Try removing the quotes around your numbers

if ($_SESSION['sessLevel'] < 8){
//instead of
if ($_SESSION['sessLevel'] < "8"){ 

[partypete]

I did as you suggested and it kinda works.

Here's where it gets really weird....

<?php if ($_SESSION['sessLevel'] < 8){ ?> 
<tr><td> 
Access Level is Not High Enough 
</td></tr> 
<?php } ?> 

When I view the Include file on it's own, the above works correctly and shows the information if the access level is less than 8.

But, when the file is included into another one, the exact reverse happens! When it should hide the info, it shows it, when it should show the info, it hides it!!! What the heck is that all about??

Any ideas?

Thanks again.

[LordShryku]

Yikes....okay, well, make sure you are including the file after you've called session_start()...

Is this even neccessary to be an outside file? If so, why not make it a function?

Either way, sounds weird. Let's see the new code...

[partypete]

The Include file is a menu for many pages, which is why I'd like to keep it seperate. Some of the menu option are dynamic. But you can see the 4 links and 1 message I'm trying to show/hide.

The Include's code is:

<?php
session_start();
?>
<?php require_once('../Connections/connMyConnection.php'); ?>
<?php
mysql_select_db($database_connMyConnection, $connMyConnection);
$query_rs_main_menu = "SELECT pagename_id, pagename_name FROM manual_pagenames ORDER BY pagename_name ASC";
$rs_main_menu = mysql_query($query_rs_main_menu, $connMyConnection) or die(mysql_error());
$row_rs_main_menu = mysql_fetch_assoc($rs_main_menu);
$totalRows_rs_main_menu = mysql_num_rows($rs_main_menu);
?>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style1 {
	color: #FFFFFF;
	font-weight: bold;
}
-->
</style>

<table width="180" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
 <tr>
  <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign="top"><table width="180" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
 <?php if ($_SESSION['sessLevel'] < 8){ ?>
   <tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><strong>You Must be Logged-In as a Super User to Manage Users. </strong></td>
   </tr><?php } ?>
	<?php if ($_SESSION['sessLevel'] >= 8){ ?>
   <tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><a href="/directory/add_user.php"><strong>Add User </strong></a></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><a href="/directory/view_users.php"><strong>View Users </strong></a></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><a href="/directory/view_logins.php"><strong>View Log-ins</strong></a></td>
   </tr><?php } ?>
  </table></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign="top"> </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign="top"><?php do { ?>
   <table width="180" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
    <tr valign="top">
     <td width="15"><img src="/directory/graphics/layout/tabs/dark_blue_top_left.GIF" width="15" height="17"></td>
     <td><div align="center">
       <table width="100%"  border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
        <tr>
         <td valign="top" background="/directory/graphics/layout/tabs/dark_blue_top.GIF"><img src="/directory/graphics/transparent.gif" width="150" height="6"></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
         <td valign="top" background="/directory/graphics/layout/tabs/dark_blue_BG.GIF"><div align="center" class="manualmenulinks" ><a href="/directory/view_coreitems.php?category=<?php echo $row_rs_main_menu['pagename_id']; ?>"><strong><?php echo $row_rs_main_menu['pagename_name']; ?></strong></a></div></td>
        </tr>
       </table>
     </div></td>
     <td width="15"><img src="/directory/graphics/layout/tabs/dark_blue_top_right.GIF" width="15" height="17"></td>
    </tr>
   </table>
   <?php } while ($row_rs_main_menu = mysql_fetch_assoc($rs_main_menu)); ?></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
</table>
<?php
mysql_free_result($rs_main_menu);
?>

This is then included into other pages...

Thank ya kindly for your help so far...