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Better yet, if groups 1 and 8 can view any private post and comments, then scrap all the php stuff and just do this for your comments:

{if (member_group == 1) OR (member_group == 8)}
<div id="comments">
...rest of comment display code
{if:else}
You cannot view comments on private entries(or whatever you want to say)
{/if}

Should save hassle. You probably won’t need to check to see if the post was private if those groups can see private posts. Headin out to lunch. Check back later for progress…

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Okay.  The error went away, but now the comments are missing again.  :O!

With the new code without php I put above they’re missing? Completely? I tested it on one of my blogs and it worked fine. Hrmmm…

Oh!  I missed that.  I just - how will that affect the comments people in all groups will see?

Yeah.  That’s what I thought.  It worked….
But…

Now you can only see the comments if you are in those two specific groups…..

Yeah. That would wouldn’t it…ok then. I just realized your comment tag is coming outside of your weblog:entries tag. If you put it inside your weblog:entries tag, you will then have access to that {status} variable again. So your comment tag would then check that first, and display the denial message first:

{if (status == "Private" AND member_group != 1 AND member_group != 8)}
You cannot view comments on private entries(or whatever you want to say)
{if:else}
<div id="comments">
...rest of comment display code
{/if}

That way, if the post is private, and the user is NOT in the member group, they get the denial message. If the post is not private, they will see comments regardless of the member group.

I tried it and it worked for me 🙄

Here’s hopin it works for you. Just remember to put your whole comment tag INSIDE your weblog entries tag. This will be okay because on this template you are only pulling one entry, so it will only pull the one entries comments.

OMG!  :D

I <3 you so hard core right now! :D
Thank you so much.  <3!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So….I take it it works ❓

If so, glad to hear it!

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Yes, it works. XD

Sorry.  :D