$user_level variable puzzle

pebdakota
(@pebdakota)

19 years, 1 month ago
I tried using this code to make a sidebar menu only visible to a certain user level, but it seems like $user_level won’t do the trick, even when a user is logged in at the admin level. I tried echoing the $user_level variable; it’s either empty or null – it doesn’t show anything. An example of what I tried is posted below. Can anyone spot an error in what I’m doing?

Thanks,
PEB

<?php if ($user_level >= 5) { ?>
- <h2><?php _e(‘Meta’); ?></h2>
- <?php wp_loginout(); ?>
- “><?php _e(‘Valid XHTML’); ?>
<?php } ?>

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ColdForged
(@coldforged)

19 years, 1 month ago

Make certain to reference the global $user_level variable before accessing it. Right above that, try adding:

<?php global $user_level; ?>

and see if it helps.

jowra
(@jowra)

18 years, 11 months ago

I have a similar problem. In WP 1.5 I’ve written some simple lines of code to hide postings from visitors which are not logged in. This was done via

get_currentuserinfo();
if ( $user_level > 0 ) : …

Since get_currentuserinfo(); is now (Wp 1.5.1.) defined in the pluggable-functions.php, I’ve included this file first and then comes the rest as usual. But the test of $user_level didn’t work. If I make an echo $user_level it works fine, but the test (> 0, or anything else) won’t work anymore.

Any ideas on how to resolve this? Or is there any simple solution to check if a user is logged in, in WP 1.5.1.?

Thanks in advance.

John

eyetag
(@eyetag)

18 years, 11 months ago

looking for the same feature, need to customize wp to show pages accordingly to $user_level. who knows more? any difference between 1.5 and 1.5.1.?

thanks for any hint!
et

jowra
(@jowra)

18 years, 11 months ago

No ideas? No one sharing the same problem and maybe has an solution? *argh*

Minna
(@minna)

18 years, 11 months ago

Well, no idea really, but I’m using this to hide theme switcher for everyone but me:
<?php get_currentuserinfo(); global $user_level; if ($user_level > 9) { ?> stuff here <?php } ?>
I used it in 1.5 and haven’t noticed anything odd in 1.5.1. I got the code off some thread in these forums but of course I forget which

skippy
(@skippy)

18 years, 11 months ago

http://fortes.com/2005/05/14/postlevels-021

http://fortes.com/2005/02/19/postlevels-02/

jowra
(@jowra)

18 years, 11 months ago

Thank you both! 🙂 I’ll try this out and report later if something went wrong. 😉

Thanks again!

John