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Dec 4, 2008, 7:50 AM

Andy

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Dec 4, 2008, 7:50 AM

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Working out if someone is an "admin" ?

Hi,

Ok, I have a feeling there is gonna be a really easy solution for this - but I can't work it out :(

At the moment, I need to work out if a user is "admin" - to give them access to a certain function. Now, I'm already doing stuff via the "action", so only members/mods/admins can view the functions I'm working on - but doing:

Code:
	  print $IN->header; 
         use Data::Dumper; 
         print Dumper($USER);

..doesn't really give me the info I need.

Furthermore, I'm looking in the UserGroups table - and I can't see any obviouse way to determine if a username is classed as "admin" (only seems there are groups for Guest/Registered/Moderators).

Am I missing something really stupid? (been a long day, so wouldn't suprise me :P)

TIA

Andy (mod)
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Dec 6, 2008, 12:59 PM

gotze

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Dec 6, 2008, 12:59 PM

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Re: [Andy] Working out if someone is an "admin" ? In reply to

Try this:

<%if current_user_id and current_user_status >= 3%>
...
<%endif%>

Dec 7, 2008, 12:22 AM

Andy

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Dec 7, 2008, 12:22 AM

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Hi,

Thanks for the reply. The problem is, thats just a template solution - and I need something I can use in a plugin :(

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Dec 8, 2008, 2:28 AM

Wychwood

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Dec 8, 2008, 2:28 AM

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Last time I looked the permissions are constants in GForum.pm so you'd need to import them and do something like:

if ($USER == USER_STATUS_ADMIN)

....or whatever the right name is.

Dec 8, 2008, 2:44 AM

Andy

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Dec 8, 2008, 2:44 AM

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Thanks, will check that out :)

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Dec 8, 2008, 11:27 AM

brewt

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Dec 8, 2008, 11:27 AM

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If you're checking the current user, then use:

Code:
use GForum qw/:user/; 
if ($USER->{user_status} == ADMINISTRATOR) {

Adrian

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Dec 8, 2008, 11:42 PM

Andy

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Dec 8, 2008, 11:42 PM

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Hi,

Thanks, thats perfect :)

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Apr 15, 2009, 12:55 PM

carminejg3

User (107 posts)

Apr 15, 2009, 12:55 PM

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andy what is this for?

I'm looking for a way to assign to some moderators to add other users to special groups.

Apr 16, 2009, 12:50 AM

Andy

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Apr 16, 2009, 12:50 AM

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Re: [carminejg3] Working out if someone is an "admin" ? In reply to

Sorry?

This was just for using in a plugin, to work out if the current user is an administrator =)

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk