[Resolved] Use conditional display (based on user role) in php template

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[DavidH606]

Tell us what you are trying to do? Hide sections of a page using Access Conditionally Displayed Text

Is there any documentation that you are following? Just the using shortcodes and API in php templates

So I ended up with something like this:-

<?php echo do_shortcode("[toolset_access role='Team Leader' operator='allow']"); ?>Team Leader Only Content Here<?php echo do_shortcode("[/toolset_access]"); ?>

but this does not work.

Can I use Access in php templates to hide sections based on user role? And if so, how?

Many thanks,
D

[Nigel Supporter Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: Europe/London (GMT+01:00)]

Hi David

I haven't tried it, but your code is problematic, you need the entire shortcode and content in a single string that is passed to do_shortcode, e.g.

$protected = "[toolset_access role='Team Leader' operator='allow']Team Leader Only Content Here[/toolset_access]";
echo do_shortcode( $protected );

Do you want to try that?

[DavidH606]

Thanks Nigel, I'll give this a go and get back to you.

Quick Question: Can I put line 1 into the functions file and line 2 in my template?

[Nigel Supporter Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: Europe/London (GMT+01:00)]

Probably not, unless $protected is in the global scope, though you can enforce that by including global $protected; in both files before using it.