[RESOLVED] How items based on access level.

[teamfox20]

What I am trying to do is show certain links based on the type of user logged in.
I have (free) members and (paying) members. both share the same account.php page once logged in, but how do I make the paying members show different links on the account page than the free members?

Im using mysql database and stored the type of registration as 'free' or 'paying' which they get to choose when they sign up.

But i dont know what the code will even begin to look like.

[bretticus]

How are you authenticating users to your site after they have registered and login?

[teamfox20]

they are...but i dont want to restrict access based on access level i just want them to see different things..

on my account.php page

if $account = msp

show:
1
2
3
4
5

if $account = merchant

show:
5
6
7
8
9

[teamfox20]

can i use this?
$account is already defined

if ( $account == 'msp' )
{
echo '<br>1';
echo '<br>2';
echo '<br>3';
echo '<br>4';
echo '<br>5';
}
else
{
echo '<br>6';
echo '<br>7';
echo '<br>8';
echo '<br>9';
echo '<br>0';
}

[bretticus]

No no. I was asking how you are handling authentication in the first place: sessions? cookies? html auth? Based on your response, I was going to offer suggestions on how to distinguish a paying vs free user. From there it's a simple matter of if...else.

[teamfox20]

oh sorry...lol...its done with sessions

[bretticus]

teamfox20 wrote:

oh sorry...lol...its done with sessions

No problem. Well, yes then, it's a matter of simple if statement like you mentioned. To illustrate...

<?php
$user = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['user']);
$pass = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['pass']);
$sql = "SELECT name,role,etc FROM user WHERE username='$user' AND password='$pass'";
/* query database decide if they are autheticated based on results. If they are... */
$_SESSION['ROLE'] = $row['role'];
/* in your accout page now you can simply do ... */
if ( $_SESSION['ROLE'] == 'paid' )
{
	//show one thing.
	echo '<br>1';
	echo '<br>2';
	echo '<br>3';
	echo '<br>4';
	echo '<br>5';
}
else
{
	//show another
	echo '<br>6';
	echo '<br>7';
	echo '<br>8';
	echo '<br>9';
	echo '<br>0';
}
/* or if you have multiple roles in the future ... */
switch ($_SESSION['ROLE']) {
	case "paid":
		//show one thing.
		echo '<br>1';
		echo '<br>2';
		echo '<br>3';
		echo '<br>4';
		echo '<br>5';
		break;
/* and so on ... */
	default:
		break;
}
?>

[teamfox20]

wow that worked like a charm....