[Resolved] echo variable problem

vinny199

Hi,

i am trying to echo a table if the user UserAuthorization session variable is 'Satff'

i have no problem doing that using the code below

        <?php

if ($HTTP_SESSION_VARS["MM_UserAuthorization"] == "Administrator")
echo 'my html table code' ?>

no problem there, because my table only contains html

but the table I'm trying to print the following table that already has some php code in it and the two clash. i get parse error messages:

<table width="156" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="adminmenu1button">
<tr>
<td width="10"> </td>
<td><a href="diarystafflogin.php?c=<?php echo $HTTP_SESSION_VARS['MM_Username']; ?>">View
My diary</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="adminmenu1button">
<tr>
<td width="10"> </td>
<td><a href="property.php">Upload reports</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="adminmenu1button">
<tr>
<td width="10"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="154" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="adminmenu1button">
<tr>
<td width="10"> </td>
<td><a href="next.php?UUsername=<?php echo $HTTP_SESSION_VARS['MM_Username']; ?>">Edit
My Account</a></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
</table>

This above is the table I'm trying to echo on UserAuthjorisazion session variable, but the:

a href="next.php?UUsername=<?php echo $HTTP_SESSION_VARS['MM_Username']; ?>">

are a problem.

obviously, i've not formated the code in the right way to echo that.

Could you help by showing the right type of formating for such a thing?

Thanks,

Vinny

thorpe

where is the code that puts this table in a string?

vinny199

sorry...not too advanced with php yet.

not quite sure what you mean but let me give another example.

the following works fine:

        <?php

if ($HTTP_SESSION_VARS["MM_UserAuthorization"] == "Administrator")
echo ' <table width="156" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td width="156"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="adminmenu1button">
<tr>
<td width="10"> </td>
<td><a href="staff.php">Inventory Staff</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="adminmenu1button">
<tr>
<td width="10"> </td>
<td><a href="translators.php">Translators Staff</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="adminmenu1button">
<tr>
<td width="10"> </td>
<td><a href="clients.php">Clients</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="adminmenu1button">
<tr>
<td width="10"> </td>
<td><a href="assignjob.php">Assign inventory job</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>';
?>

and displays this table with the navigation links in it if the user is the administrator.

But i try to do the same thing for when the user is "Staff"

the problem is that the table i'm echoing has some php code in it, and the same condition does not work

am I supposed to create a string?

this is the table I'm trying to echo

Could you give me an example plesase? many thanks.

thorpe

its easy fixed. just change the lines like this;

=<?php echo $HTTP_SESSION_VARS['MM_Username']; ?>">

to;

=' . $HTTP_SESSION_VARS['MM_Username']. '">

vinny199

many thanks.

very helpful.

I understand now & it works.