[RESOLVED] wont display link when logged in as admin

reel_biggy_fish

ive been following a tutorial to create a blog. ive got most of it all set up but when i log in as an admin the create a new thread doesnt appear.

this is the tutorial page - http://www.devshed.com/c/a/MySQL/Creating-the-Admin-Script-for-a-PHP-MySQL-Blogging-System/

this is the link i am trying to get at:

<? if($_SESSION['level'] == "Admin") {?>
        <tr>
          <td width="17%">&nbsp;</td>
          <td width="83%"><a href="new_post.php">Create New Thread </a></td>
        </tr>
		<? }?>

my database table has a field called level and in that field is called Admin but yet i cant seem to see that link.

feel free to try out the website:
http://www.asdesigns.co.uk/LoginScript/register.php

but when you log in and then create a new user and make it an admin from the dropdown menu and then login as that 'admin' it doesnt display the create new thread link.

Thanks for the help in advance

dagon

check the session array is being populated, print_r($_SESSION);

reel_biggy_fish

i just did that and i got -

Array ( [time] => 09:17:11 AM [status] => logged [username] => the )

there is nothing being printed to do with the level. how would i go about changing that to include 'level'

thanks

reel_biggy_fish

okay ive done some work. i found where that array was being produced and added:

$_SESSION['level']

but it needs to = something. i tried $_SESSION['level'] = $a; and had $a = Admin, but every user was able to login as a user.

//put in session vars
$a=Admin;
$mytime=time();
$mytime=date("H:i:s A",$mytime);
$_SESSION['time'] = $mytime;
$_SESSION['status'] = 'logged';
$_SESSION['username'] = $n;
$_SESSION['level']

so im pretty stuck now.

help would be great.

thanks

dagon

at some point in the scrip the session vars are going to be populated from the db, you will need to all your userlevel code there