[Resolved] changed it around for a guest account now won't show information

demosthenes705

I have the following

<?php

session_start();



if(empty($_SESSION['username']) || !isset($_SESSION['email_address']))

{

  echo "<b>You do not have the appropriate permissions to post new class notes.</b><br><br><br>";

}

if(empty($username) || !isset($first_name))

{

  echo "Please login below!<br>";

  include "index.php";

}



if($_SESSION['user_level'] == 3){



?>

<head><title>Add Notes EXAMPLE!!!!</title></head>

<body>

<form name="form2" method="post" action="postn.php">

  <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0">

<tr>

  <td align="left" valign="top">Username:</td>

  <td><input name="teacher" type="text" value="

<?php $_SESSION['username']?>" id="teacher"></td>

</tr>

<tr>

  <td align="left" valign="top">Topic:</td>

  <td><input name="topic" type="text" id="topic"></td>

</tr>

  <tr>

  <td align="left" valign="top">Date notes given:</td>

  <td><input name="date" type="text" value="<?php date("l \\t\h\e jS"); ?>" id="date"></td>

</tr>  

<tr>

  <td align="left" valign="top">Class Notes were:</td>

  <td><textarea name="notes" cols=25 rows=10 id="notes"></textarea></td>    </tr>

<tr>

  <td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>

  <td></td>

</tr>

  </table>

</form>

</body>

</html>

<?php

}



if($_SESSION['user_level'] == 0){



?>

<head><title>Add Notes</title></head>

<body>

<form name="form2" method="post" action="postn.php">

  <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0">

<tr>

  <td align="left" valign="top">Username:</td>

  <td><input name="teacher" type="text" value="

<?php $_SESSION['username'] ?>" id="teacher"></td>

</tr>

<tr>

  <td align="left" valign="top">Topic:</td>

  <td><input name="topic" type="text" id="topic"></td>

</tr>

  <tr>

  <td align="left" valign="top">Date notes given:</td>

  <td><input name="date" type="text" value="<?php date("l \\t\h\e jS");
 ?>" id="date"></td>

</tr>  

<tr>

  <td align="left" valign="top">Class Notes were:</td>

  <td><textarea name="notes" cols=25 rows=10 id="notes"></textarea></td></tr>

<tr>

  <td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>

  <td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Post the Notes"></td>

</tr>

  </table>

</form>

</body>

</html>

<?php

}

?>

And it used to show the username and the date. now it doesn't. What is wrong and what needs to be fixed

Kudose

You need to print them, not just call them.

Put "echo" infront of the stuff you want to see. 🙂

i.e.

<?php echo $_SESSION['username']; ?>

demosthenes705

thanks,

anyways is there a way i can do this. or at least fix this

I need the second userlevel section to show to user levels 1,0 and the other to show user level 3

Cailean

Like Kudose said, you haven't echoed your injected php values,

for example,

<td><input name="teacher" type="text" value="<?php $_SESSION['username']?>" id="teacher"></td>

***** should be  *****

<td><input name="teacher" type="text" value=" <?php echo $_SESSION['username']?>" id="teacher"></td>

***** or use a shortcut *****

<td><input name="teacher" type="text" value="<?=$_SESSION['username']?>" id="teacher"></td>

demosthenes705

i got it to work.

what I am trying to do is have different user levels. as of right now i have user level 1(admin),0(common user),3(example account.

now i need it to work correctly

Cailean

Originally posted by demosthenes705
i got it to work.
...
now i need it to work correctly

Now I'm confused... we might be able to give a better answer if you ask a question...

Have you tried echoing out $_SESSION when you run the script to make the variables are set correctly?

demosthenes705

the script works.

now what i need is i have 3 different user levels

I need 1 user level for the guest(i have)(the first section of code)
then i need i secion for all the other users (i started but i don't know how to finish)

basically I need to turn this

if($_SESSION['user_level'] == 3){

to allow user_level 1,0

Cailean

if($_SESSION['user_level'] >= 1){

Is that you're after?

demosthenes705

thanks. but will that include level 3 also because i can't include that level because that is the guest account and I don't want stuff being entered by that account

demosthenes705

I changed my mind. the guest account is level 0 and the rest are level 1/2

Cailean

Originally posted by demosthenes705
thanks. but will that include level 3 also because i can't include that level because that is the guest account and I don't want stuff being entered by that account

oh, damn... my bad.
I meant:

if($_SESSION['user_level'] <= 1){

demosthenes705

meh it works the way i did it.