[SOLVED] echo a div

[justAnoob]

Hi everyone. I am trying to hide a div until someone is authenticated on my page. This is what I have so far. Oh,, by the way, it doesn't work. LoL.

   <div id="admin"><img src="--------/---------.png" alt="admin" width="28" height="32" />
    	<?php
session_start();	
if(isset($_SESSION['auth']))
{
     echo <div id="admin">;
} 
?>
    
    </div>

[genericnumber1]

You need session_start(); at the top of your page before any content is sent. Enable errors and you will see many

[killah]

<?php
session_start();
?>
<div id="admin"><img src="--------/---------.png" alt="admin" width="28" height="32" />
<?php
session_start();   
if(isset($_SESSION['auth']))
{
echo '<div id="admin">';
} 
?>
</div>

[justAnoob]

Thank you for the help on this. But wouldn't I also need to hide this div before I check for authentication to display it. Right now with that code, it is telling me to display the div and then if the user is authenticated, continue to display it. Right?

[gevans]

<?php
session_start();  
if(isset($_SESSION['auth']))
{
   echo '<div id="admin">
<img src="--------/---------.png" alt="admin" width="28" height="32" />
</div>';
} 
?>

[justAnoob]

Well gevans, I'm not sure if you were trying to tell me this, but I found something that works.(so far) I put this on the top of my page.

<?php
session_start();  
if(isset($_SESSION['auth']))
{
   	echo '<div id="reguser"><img src="------/------.png" alt="home" width="32" height="32" /></div>';
} 
?>

And then also I just positioned my div on the page where I wanted it and just kept it empty, like this

<div id="reguser"></div>

Maybe that is what you were explaining. Well anyways, maybe this can help someone else out in the future. Thanks again fellow PHPers. Oh yeh, the div name I changed after everything was working ok. That did not play a part with this not working, just to let everyone know.