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test if user is a student

• joshua_howell
  

  2009-05-25 23:01:41

  test if user is a student

  I am trying to write some code for the question themeing files (truefalse_result.tmpl.php) which tests if the current user is a student but i don't know the variable to test.
  
  Can anyone please tell me which variable stores the current user's type of account (student/instructor/admin/etc)?

• greg
  

  2009-05-26 11:50:25

  Re: test if user is a student

  There's a few different way to test if a user is a student. $_SESSION('is_admin') is true for instructors, so test to see if this is false.
  
  I suggest you turn on debugging in the include/vitals.inc.php file, near the top. You then get a list of all the session variables available to work with, among other useful information.