Just a side note: A very nice way to do this is using bitwise operators
to store all your access information into one int This is handy for
saving space in databases, and bitwise operations should be incredibly
fast compared to string comparisons.
Cheers,
Javier
-----Original Message-----
From: Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 2:43 PM
To: Abe
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] < Levels of Access >
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Abe wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> I wonder if anyone can shed light...
> I have a system that internal users access -
>
> I have separated access levels into 1, 2, 3 etc. So if you have
access 1
> you can view certain things - If you are 2 then you can view more or
other
> things.
>
> However the problem arises when someone in access level 1 wants to
access a
> level 2 function. I then manually specify that:
>
> if (access = 2 or user=joe) {
> Allow the functions ...
> }
>
> This can get messy - as individuals will be specified all over the
place on
> a large system to override levels of access.
>
> Is there a sensible standard that is used to have levels of access but
> special people can access certain higher level functions.?
>
> I hope that makes sense.
>
> Thanks
>
Instead of having individual users specified at certain points, why
don't you
say that a user has to be a member of a certain group? That way in order
to
open an access lock for a user, all you have to do is add them to the
group.
You could even make the security levels groups themselves.
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