digitalgeorgy:
am currently struggling to learn PHP...
please if there's a group or persons that could assist me or advice me on this programme, I will greatly appreciated

Use this link https://www.tutorialrepublic.com/php-tutorial/ Try to build a login/logout system.

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Karleb:


This should do it. It seems you are not working with routes, middlewares and the likes.

It's better you check for the opposite though.
Something like...

If (! $admin){
//redirect to other page
}

Then you continue with the dashboard.php codes. The check should be the first thing in the dashboard.php file.



A friendly advice.

If you need to combine html and Php codes for any reason, especially for a project, consider using php templates. They are specifically made for this reason.

Thanks very much for the help.

Karleb:


Another way to go about it is to create a user_type column in the users table. user_type will be an enum data type with options like (user, admin, moderator, site_owner...).


So you'll check, if $user->user_type === "admin".

Preferably, the check should be in a middleware.

Thanks for your reply. That means all my dashboard.php HTML codes will have to be inside a condition and they will all be echoed. Currently, they are written in plain HTML. I'm still learning!

If (condition) {
echo " all HTML codes ";
}
else {
echo " Only admin can access this page";
}

404Dev:

Am guessing you are storing the user id or user name of logged in user in a session variable. So, go to your users table in db and create a column is_admin with default value of 0. 0 indicates not admin while 1 indicates admin.
So in the page you want to restrict, grab the user I'd from session, run a query to check if is_admin, proceed if so or redirect if necessary.

Thanks for your reply. From your write-up, it seems i will have to write all my dashboard.php contents inside a condition. Currently, all my dashboard.php HTML codes are written in plain HTML (can i write plain html inside a php condition) or Do I have to echo them all.

For example: if ($_SESSION['username'] == $admin) {
echo "all dashboard HTML code";
}
else {
redirect to another page
}

API means Application Programming Interface. It allows you to interact with another software from your own software. For example, if you integrate google map API in your website, you will be able to display google map in your site.

Another example - if you want to create a website that displays lists of all foods on earth, you do not need to type all the foods in your code. All you have to do is to integrate with an API software that has all lists of foods and loop through them in your code.

Hello coders!

I am currently developing a Student Management System using PHP and MySql where an admin (principal) can log in to the dashboard to manage accounts of students and staffs, update results, add new student, etc. Students can also log in to view their profile and results.

I have been able to create the dashboard and student login system using session , but the problem is If a user goes to 'dashboard.php', they will be able to view all the dashboard settings, I want only the admin to be able to view this page.

Please how can I achieve this.

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