Displaying data based on access

[KingWylim]

I'm trying to figure out the best way to display data in a back end area of a website I'm creating. I'm not sure what the best way to go about this is currently I'm coding individual area's of pages based on $_SESSION['level'] to determine what to display or what not to display. Any suggestions that may make this process a little less coding involved per page would be appreciated.

[zabmilenko]

I've always thought groups were better than access levels, but either way is fine.

At the top of each secure page, just put the access level:

// This trick makes sure an included page doesn't accidentally
// decrease the page access level.
$page_access_level = max(@$page_access_level, 10);

Then a simple query:

select * from `access_table` where `user_id` = 'usernamehere' and `access_level` >= '$page_access_level';