Checking Values in PHP

[stublackett]

Hi,

 

I have a register form, Which checks User Levels and they can be set to Entrepeneur and Dragon

 

I currently have PHP set to insert the $_POST value of 'level'

 

and I've made another field in my database called userlevel

What I'd like PHP to do is take the value of level and set it to TRUE or FALSE values depending on what was selected Entrepeneur or Dragon

 

How do I go about this and then setting that variable as $userlevel ?

 

Script is as follows :

 

^{<?php #Script register.php By Stuart Blackett - d4066435@tees.ac.uk}

^{$username = $_POST['username'];}

^{$fullname = $_POST['fullname'];}

^{$email = $_POST['email'];}

^{$password = $_POST['password1'];}

^{$level = $_POST['level'];}

^{$address1 = $_POST['address1'];}

^{$address2 = $_POST['address2'];}

^{$city = $_POST['city'];}

^{$postcode = $_POST['postcode'];}

 

^{if (isset($_REQUEST['Submit']))}

^{// Check $_POST['username'] and strip any slashes}

^{if (!empty($_POST['username'])) {}

^{$username = stripslashes($_POST['username']);}

^}else{

^{$username = NULL;}

^{echo '<p><font color="red">You did not enter your desired username</font></p>';}

^}

 

^{//Check Full Name}

^{if (!empty($_POST['fullname'])) {}

^{$fullname = ($_POST['fullname']);}

^}else{

^{$fullname = NULL;}

^{echo '<p><font color="red">You did not enter your fullname</font></p>';}

^}

 

^{//Check E-Mail Address}

^{if (!empty($_POST['email'])) {}

^{$email = ($_POST['email']);}

^}else{

^{$email = NULL;}

^{echo '<p><font color="red">You did not enter your E-Mail Address</font></p>';}

^}

 

^{//Check Password}

^{if (!empty($_POST['password1'])) {}

^{$password1 = ($_POST['password1']);}

^}else{

^{$password1 = NULL;}

^{echo '<p><font color="red">You did not enter your First Password</font></p>';}

^}

 

^{//Check User Level}

^{if $_POST['level']; == ['dragon'];}

^{$level = TRUE;}

^}else{

^{$level = FALSE;}

^}

 

^{//Check E-Mail Address}

^{if (!empty($_POST['password2'])) {}

^{$password2 = ($_POST['password2']);}

^}else{

^{$password2 = NULL;}

^{echo '<p><font color="red">You did not confirm your password</font></p>';}

^}

 

^{//Check Address Line 1}

^{if (!empty($_POST['address1'])) {}

^{$address1 = ($_POST['address1']);}

^}else{

^{$address1 = NULL;}

^{echo '<p><font color="red">You need to specify the first line of your address</font></p>';}

^}

 

^{//Check Address Line 2}

^{if (!empty($_POST['address2'])) {}

^{$address2 = ($_POST['address2']);}

^}else{

^{$address2 = NULL;}

^{echo '<p><font color="red">You need to specify the second line of your address</font></p>';}

^}

 

^{//Check City}

^{if (!empty($_POST['city'])) {}

^{$city = ($_POST['city']);}

^}else{

^{$city = NULL;}

^{echo '<p><font color="red">You need to specify the town or city you live in</font></p>';}

^}

 

^{//Check Post Code}

^{if (!empty($_POST['postcode'])) {}

^{$postcode = ($_POST['postcode']);}

^}else{

^{$postcode = NULL;}

^{echo '<p><font color="red">You need to specify your post-code</font></p>';}

^}

 

^{// If everything is filled out print the message.}

^{if($username && $fullname && $email && $password && $address1 && $address2 && $city && $postcode) {}

 

^{

^{# If all is ok, Insert into DB}

^{$sql = "INSERT INTO $db_table(username,fullname,email,password,level,address1,address2,city,postcode,userlevel) values ('$username','$fullname','$email','$password','$level','$address1','$address2','$city','$postcode','$userlevel')";}

^{// Incase needed($result = mysql_query($sql ,$db));}

^{($result = mysql_query($sql ,$db) or die(mysql_error()));}

 

^{echo "Thank you, <b>$username</b>. You have now registered<br />}

^{With the details <b>:</b> <br /><b>Full Name</b> : $fullname<br /> <b>E-Mail</b> : $email <br /> and User Level : $level <br />}

^{Thank You, You may Proceed to Login";}

 

 

^}

^?>

 

^<?php

 

 

^?>

^<?php

^}

^?>

 

I've highlighted where I'd like Userlevel to go, But its defining its value so I can check that when the user logs in

 

Any suggestions appreciated, Thanks!

 

[neverett]

Are you meaning like a variable that can be called up on any page?  You might want to look into using sessions if that's the case.  And do something like:

 

if($level == "Dragon"){
   $_SESSION['userlevel'] = true;
}else{
   $_SESSION['userlevel'] = false;
}

 

Or something along those lines.  You might want to be a little more specific as to what variables you want set to what (as I'm slightly confused).  Also this is incorrect:

 

if $_POST['level']; == ['dragon'];

 

It should be something like this:

 

if($_POST['level'] == "dragon")

[stublackett]

Are you meaning like a variable that can be called up on any page?  You might want to look into using sessions if that's the case.  And do something like:

 

if($level == "Dragon"){
   $_SESSION['userlevel'] = true;
}else{
   $_SESSION['userlevel'] = false;
}

 

Or something along those lines.  You might want to be a little more specific as to what variables you want set to what (as I'm slightly confused).  Also this is incorrect:

 

if $_POST['level']; == ['dragon'];

 

It should be something like this:

 

if($_POST['level'] == "dragon")

 

This is just for the register page to insert the value of 1 or 0 for User Level into the database, As each user of the site has different privelages depending on what option they select upon register

 

if($_POST['level'] == "dragon") so thats saying if the selected option was dragon? That would then be defined as a TRUE or FALSE value

 

so if($_POST['level'] == "dragon")

$userlevel = true;

}else{

$userlevel = false;

 

Would that be the way to do it?

 

Thanks

[GameYin]

By default, 0 is guests, 1 is members, and 9 is admins. The range is 0-9. If you want to do so, just put the access level at 3 and let your website define what privileges will be appointed.

[stublackett]

By default, 0 is guests, 1 is members, and 9 is admins. The range is 0-9. If you want to do so, just put the access level at 3 and let your website define what privileges will be appointed.

 

Its just for a small project at University, I dont neccesarily need to go into the complexity of that, Just basically want to set user levels as 1's and 0's

[neverett]

What I would do is this:

 

if($_POST['level'] == "dragon"){
   $userlevel = 1; // set userlevel = 1 if they selected Dragon
}else{
   $userlevel = 0; // set userlevel = 0 if they selected Entrepeneur
}

 

in place of this:

 

if $_POST['level']; == ['dragon'];

$level = TRUE;

}else{

$level = FALSE;

}

 

I think that's the answer you're looking for.

[stublackett]

Thats the one!

 

Thanks for that

 

Its probably better setting values of 1 and 0 rather than TRUE or FALSE

 

Thanks

[neverett]

No problem!  Don't forget to mark this topic solved!

[GameYin]

By default, 0 is guests, 1 is members, and 9 is admins. The range is 0-9. If you want to do so, just put the access level at 3 and let your website define what privileges will be appointed.

 

Its just for a small project at University, I dont neccesarily need to go into the complexity of that, Just basically want to set user levels as 1's and 0's

 

If you set it to zero. Your users will be mad because of no privileges. And If you have stuff on your site you need privileges on, then your guests will be very happy.

 

 

No problem!  Don't forget to mark this topic solved!

 

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