how to hide and/or display things to specific membergroups?

[shadav]

I know that to hide from guests

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if ($user_info['is_guest'] == false)
{ CODE HERE }


but what would be for a specific user group

for example I don't want donators, moderators, and managers to see ads
or if I want to only show a specific link in the menu to said above groups....

[Arantor]

Doesn't ad-management have an option to show/hide from specific groups?

Failing that, you need to examine $user_info['groups'] and check with in_array, e.g. in_array(1, $user_info['groups']) if the user is in group 1.

There are many pieces of advice around here that say you should check $user_info['groups'][0] for primary group. Do NOT listen to them, this is not guaranteed to be the case. Always do in_array for 'user is in group'.

[shadav]

i tried that mod, i donno...didn't care much for it...i mean it's nice and all....but didn't quite suit my needs

ok i need a dummies guide 

syntax error, unexpected 'groups' (T_STRING), expecting ',' or ';'

[Shambles]

syntax error, unexpected 'groups' (T_STRING), expecting ',' or ';'

Err... in which file? What edits did you make?

[SychO]

ok i need a dummies guide 

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if (in_array(group_id, $user_info['groups']))
{
    // code...
}


[shadav]

syntax error, unexpected 'groups' (T_STRING), expecting ',' or ';'

Err... in which file? What edits did you make?

display.template.php

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if (in_array(25, $user_info['groups']) = false)

ok i need a dummies guide 

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if (in_array(group_id, $user_info['groups']))
{
    // code...
}


I tried that, but still syntax error


[edit] nevermind...dumb blonde.... had my echo in the wrong place :p
it works now thank you

to add multiple groups would I just do

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if (in_array(25,1,2,3, $user_info['groups']) == false)

[Arantor]

Doing multiple groups, no, that won't work.

You have two choices. For 'user is not in groups 1, 2, 3 or 25:

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if (!in_array(1, $user_info['groups']) && !in_array(2, $user_info['groups']) && !in_array(3, $user_info['groups']) && !in_array(25, $user_info['groups'])) {

}

Or, the slightly more complex:

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if (count(array_intersect($user_info['groups'], [1, 2, 3, 25])) == 0) {

}

[shadav]

thank you