Question

Here is my script:

$user_data = user_data($name);

        if($user_data['type'] == 'clerk') { 
        } elseif ($user_data['type'] == 'admin' ){
        }else
        { header("Location: login_admin1.php");}

    }

If I am using an if statement with blank {} it works but as soon as I use this script it’s not working.

 if($user_data['type'] != 'clerk' || $user_data['type'] != 'admin')
{ header("Location: login_admin1.php");}

I want to check if $user_data['type'] is clerk or admin, (only clerk or admin has access to page) can check page. If it’s not one of them they can’t access the page.

Answer 1

Why not use in_array()?

if ( ! in_array( $user_data['type'], array( "clerk", "admin" ) ) ) {
  // Is neither Clerk, nor Admin.
}

Cuts down on having to write $user_data['type'] over and over.