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July 13th, 2002, 03:55 AM

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Permission Question

Hello fellas. I created my first login and password authorization pages the other day. However, I was wondering what the concept is behind permissions. In other words, say I am an administrator. When I login I should be able to see things that a 'normal' user cannot see. can someone explain this concept to me?

Thanks in advance

-- Jason

July 13th, 2002, 04:29 AM

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RE: Permission Question

i have this on my site aswell. In the members table, i have a permission column, and the default is 1, admin is 2. When the user logs in, the page checks to see what permission level the user has, if its 1, just displays the normal links, if it is 2, then it displays my admin features, such as being able to delete news threads, and members etc...very useful on my site

July 13th, 2002, 04:50 AM

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RE: Permission Question

can you show me a snippet of the code? I am trying to understand how you actually do the checking.

TIA -- Jason

July 13th, 2002, 05:09 AM

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RE: Permission Question

php Code:

Original - php Code

 
<?php
mysql_connect(HOST, USER, PASS)
    or die("Couldnt connect to database");
mysql_select_db(DB)
    or die("Couldnr select database");
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM members WHERE USERNAME='{$_SESSION['username']}'");
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
 
if($row['LEVEL'] == '2') //LEVEL is the column which contains the permission level
{
    include('adminLinks.php'); //admin links, are you guessed it, my admin features
    exit;
}
                
        
?>

okay, what i have done, is everyone, no matter what user level, sees the normal links in the members area, so i didnt need to do anything for that, all i do, is create my admin links (my special privledges) on a different page, (adminLinks.php) and if that user has a permission LEVEL of 2, then it includes the special features. Does that make sense?

July 13th, 2002, 05:12 AM

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RE: Permission Question

LOL,....after I posted the 2nd time I got to thinking about it,....you posted exactly what I was thinking,...lol,.... but thanks for the code post.

-- Jason

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