Common SMF/TP PHP Variabls

[Mahtan]

Hey guys -

Within my PHP article, I want to check the currently logged in user's membergroup (I'm writing a page where I want to give some membergroups different abilities & show them different things) - does anybody know the variable this is stored under & the format?

Also, I want to query my MySQL databases.  Is there any way to use the existing mysql session, to avoid executing mysql_open , mysql_close , etc?  No biggie if there's not, just thought I'd check for the most efficient method

Thanks in advance,

Mahtan

[bloc]

You can query the database at any time, just call mysql_query or db_query, no opening of the databse needed. For info of the member try $user_info. It has a array of users membergroups in ID's, so you need to query the names based upon those.

[feeble]

if you want.
a quick way to block guests from seeing the article is to use

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if ($context['user']['is_guest'])
echo $txt['welcome_guest'];
else
ssi_welcome();

ill update this soon, so you can pick what membergroups can only see this.

[feeble]

just found this out

change X to your desired membergroup

if ( in_array(X, $GLOBALS['user_info']['groups']) )
{
   echo "<div align='center'>ONLY MEMBERS CAN SEE THIS</div>";
}
else{
   echo "<div align='center'>You do not have permission to see this</div>";
}