[SOLVED] Help Hiding links

[TheJoey]

Hey im trying to make a bit of script that will hide links from users that arent logged in.

 

<?php
if(!$_SESSION["loginsuccessfull"]) {
echo '<h2><a href="order.php">Proceed to Order Page</a></h2>
<h2><a href="products.php">Continue Shopping</a></h2>
<h2><a href="resetcart.php">New Cart</a></h2>
<h2><a href="ordertest.php">Proceed to Order Page session</a></h2>';
} else {
echo '
<h2><a href="login.php">Login to view Order Page</a></h2>
<h2><a href="products.php">Continue Shopping</a></h2>
<h2><a href="resetcart.php">New Cart</a></h2>
';
}
?>

 

but even if i have logged in it still only displays

Login to view Order Page

Continue Shopping

New Cart

[thebadbad]

Are you using session_start()?

[TheJoey]

yup its in my html code,

because im including the php code.

[TheJoey]

<?php

session_start();

?>

 

at the top of all my pages

[cags]

Looking at your code you have...

 

if(!$_SESSION["loginsuccessfull"]) {

 

Assumably loginsuccessfull is a value that you set when the user has successfully logged in. As you have the exclamation mark, it is a check for a user that isn't logged in. That being the case then the items displayed to logged in users will be the ones in the else block. So why does the word login appear in the else block?

 

Also, a quick tip. If you place...

 

echo '<pre>';
print_r($_SESSION);
echo '</pre>';

 

... at the top of your page, you'll be able to see what session variables you are working with.

[TheJoey]

    [loginsuccessfull] => 1

 

 

that showed up with the code snippet you gave me.

 

So i shouldnt use ! in my statement?

[TheJoey]

Never knew that ! was used to check if isnt.

Thanks again cags your always very helpfull