Question

I’m in the process of theming a node form. I want authenticated users to have as few fields as possible, while I as an administrator want to see all fields. How do I write a php if statement that checks if the current logged in user is an administrator?

Answer 1

global $user;

// Check to see if $user has the administrator role.
if (in_array('administrator', array_values($user->roles))) {
// Do something.
}

When on nodes, there is also a $is_admin variable available (not sure if it’s in always the case). For more infos on the user, the $user array will hold all needed infos