Pass currently logged in member_id to module --> conditional

Hi,

(I’ll trust you to reroute this question if it’s not appropriate in the Tech support forum.)

I need to pass the currently logged in member_id to my custom module and evaluate the output of a function to ‘true’ or ‘false’.

In this case, I need to check if this user has performed a particular step in a process, indicated by the existence of a certain value in a database record.

So, I have {logged_in_member_id} at my disposal.

{exp:rollen:check_step step_id="{entry_id}" member_id="{logged_in_member_id}"}

Output on screen: false. Even when it should be true. The module sees the string “{logged_in_member_id}” coming in, instead of an integer.

{if "{exp:rollen:check_step step_id='{entry_id}' member_id='{logged_in__member_id}'}" == "true"}

  You have completed this step.

{if:else}
  ...
{/if}

No go. The module’s PHP code sees the string “{logged_in_member_id}”.

I cannot use {member_id} because it always equals 1. I cannot put it in a snippet, because {member_id} always equals 1 and “{logged_in_member_id}” always equals “{logged_in_member_id}”.

This all takes place in an embedded template. Okay, fair deal: let’s hand the member_id over to the embedded template:

{embed="shared/_babysteps" myval="{member_id}"}

{embed:myval} always equals 1, although the output in the ‘parent’ template might be 3.

{embed="shared/_babysteps" myval="{logged_in_member_id}"}

{embed:myval} always equals the string “{logged_in_member_id}”.

I am doing something wrong. I just don’t know what. But it’s driving me nuts. I’ve been hacking this litte piece of the whole app for 2 hours straight and I’m tired. 😕

Thanks for any pointers… Nico