how to redirect user depending on user type at time of login (codeignitor)
- by Anam Tahir
im facing problem while redirecting my user according to its type. how can do it here's my code plz suggest how to do it.
<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
class VerifyLogin extends CI_Controller {
function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
}
function index()
{
$this->load->model('user','',TRUE);
//This method will have the credentials validation
$this->load->library('form_validation');
$this->load->library('session');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('username', 'Username','trim|required|xss_clean');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('password', 'Password'
'trim|required|xss_clean|callback_check_database');
if($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
{
//Field validation failed. User redirected to login page
validation_errors();
$this->load->view('error');
}
else
{
//Go to private area
basically here i want to redirect if user is admin then redirect to admin page else redirect to home how can i do this ???
redirect('home', 'refresh');
}
}
function check_database($password)
{
//Field validation succeeded. Validate against database
$username = $this->input->post('username');
//query the database
$result = $this->user->login($username, $password);
if($result)
{
$sess_array = array();
foreach($result as $row)
{
$sess_array = array(
'id' => $row->id,
'username' => $row->username
);
$this->session->set_userdata('logged_in', $sess_array);
}
return TRUE;
}
else
{
$this->form_validation->set_message('check_database', 'Invalid username or password');
return false;
}
}
}
?>
