Frontend user login and access levels

[Pete Jones]

Hi,

We're looking at creating a 3 level (guest, member, admin) user levels for accessing frontend content via a login.

I have seen https://processwire.com/talk/topic/107-custom-login/page-1 which talks about creating the user login page. I have also seen http://modules.processwire.com/modules/frontend-user/ which is an older module which seemingly handles this but is still in alpha.

We are creating a system where users need to login to see comments (members) but admin users are able to see additional information on some pages. What I'm looking for is something a little like:

if ($user->role == 'admin') {

//SHOW DETAILED INFORMATION

} else {

//SHOW  BASIC INFORMATION

}

Can we hook into the User roles to do this?

Thanks

Pete

[LostKobrakai]

Is this what you're looking for?

if($user->hasRole('admin')){…} 

[Pete Jones]

I believe so. Can this be accessed in the frontend of the site?

[mr-fan]

yes - give it a try...with some content.

https://processwire.com/api/variables/user/

regards mr-fan