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Hi!

Sure I’ve done something wrong here, but what, I don’t know.

I’m trying to show something only if the logged in user is a super admin or the logged in user’s member_id is the same as the member_id to prevent the logged in user from looking at someone else’s page (unless they’re me!).

{if logged_in_member_id != "{member_id}" OR logged_in_group_id != "1"}

Please, I beg you, tell me the error of my ways.

Oops.

I put the deleted one in.

This is the real one!

{if logged_in_member_id == "{member_id}" OR logged_in_group_id == "1"}

By the way, I think the trouble is around “{member_id}” because if I set logged_in_member_id to a number (e.g., == “3”) it works fine. Except it defeats the purpose of being a general prescriptive…

Perhaps I can’t use the global variable within the quotes? If so, where does that leave me?

I’m assuming you’re using this inside a channel entries loop? So you can tell if the logged in member is the author of a particular entry? In that case you need to use {author_id}, not member_id.

If you’re using this on a member profile page it should work, as long as its inside any relevant tags. You could try without the quotes

Let me know how you get on

Hey Dave.

Thanks for responding.

I should have elaborated on the context. No, I’m using it on a member page, and the trick was to put it inside the tag. I used the quotes since I’m using the variable as a value.

It worked great.

I thought they were all global variables and that I could put them outside tags. But reading the documentation again (and again, and again), it looks as though the logged_in prefix is usable within the channel tags, etc. and not a global variable?

Thanks so much for the tip.

Glad you got it sussed! Well I’d say the logged_in_member_id is more ‘global’ than ‘member_id’ - since member_id can change depending on context. So we always use the logged_in prefix when getting the id of the logged in member or group.

testwise,

Do I understand that you have this one working now?

I do, Marcus. Thank you.

And thanks, Dave, for the extra info in your last post.

Glad to hear it, testwise!  Have a great weekend, and please let us know if you have any other questions. =)