If statement help

[slj90]

I am trying to write a simple If statement...

 

If the Username (authenticatedUser) is 'admin' then echo 'Admin Panel'...

 

I came up with this, but it isn't working..

 

<?php
if ($_SESSION["authenticatedUser"] = "admin")
  echo "Admin Panel";
?> 

 

Please could you help?

 

Thank you

[captaintyson]

Try

<?php
if ($_SESSION['authenticatedUser'] = "admin")
  echo "Admin Panel";
?> 

[Buddski]

if ($_SESSION["authenticatedUser"] = "admin")

is assignment, you need comparision..

if ($_SESSION["authenticatedUser"] == "admin")

[oni-kun]

It is recommended to place IF statements within blocks to be more portable and syntactically correct. And as mentioned, you are using the assignment operator "=" instead of the comparrison operator "=="

<?php
session_start(); //Required if not already in your code.
if ($_SESSION['authenticatedUser'] == 'admin') {
  echo "Admin Panel";
}
?> 

[slj90]

Thanks alot,

 

It's working now!

[garethhall]

What do you get when you

echo $_SESSION['authenticatedUser'];

 

[oni-kun]

What do you get when you

echo $_SESSION['authenticatedUser'];

 

Shouldn't matter, I believe that wasn't his problem.

[slj90]

echo $_SESSION['authenticatedUser'];

 

..Displays Username of the user currently logged in