Retrieve Privilege Set for the account that logs in?

[Thetcm]

Is it possible to retrieve the privilege set of an account using the FileMaker object or anything else?

[Fitch]

Get(PrivilegeSetName)

[Thetcm]

This is for FileMaker, isn't it? I'm looking for the PHP function.

[Baloo]

If you want the name (not the actual privileges) Not directly. In theory either of the following should work.

You could have a calculated field set to Get(PrivilegeSetName) (make sure to check "don't store calculation results)

You could also run a script that sets a field to the same value.

What exactly are you trying to accomplish?

[Thetcm]

I have a website that where admin can allow or not login without passwords(for read-only accounts). The admin section requires a password. On the account that a client would require login for everyone, I don't want him to have to relogin when he tries to enter the admin section. I was thinking about storing the privilege set in a variable after the login and verify if it's the proper one when one tries to enter the admin section, and if not, redirect to the login.

EDIT So I just read on other places and it does seem you can't do it without a field on your database. That's unfortunate.

Edited April 1, 2009 by Guest

[Fitch]

Sometimes I look for "No Replies" and don't pay attention to the forum section, so I misunderstood what you were asking for. Sorry about that.

[Baloo]

If I understand you correctly and your admins will be logging in with their Filemaker admin passswords, the following should work. Create a layout that only the admin privilege set has access to.

require("FileMaker.php");

$fm = new Filemaker($database, $server, $user,$password);

$layouts = $fm->listLayouts();

if(array_search("adminLayout", $layouts) === false){

	echo "Not Authorized";

}

/*Be sure to use === because in php 0 == false */

see http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.array-search.php for more information about array_search

Edited April 1, 2009 by Guest

[Baloo]

sorry Firefox locked up and didn't appear to have submitted the reply

Edited April 1, 2009 by Guest
double post

[Thetcm]

It's ok Fitch. I figured you made a mistake.

Good idea Baloo. I will do that, and make everyone parameters layout admin only.