question about customer authorization..

[sidewing]

i have it set so that if a user is not logged in, the categories do not list (did this manually as it works better for me cuz i want everything else accessable minus the store itself)... and i have it set so users need to be authorized before they are granted access.. but right now if a user registers and they are not yet green lighted they still have access to view the store section, i do not want them to be able to see the store section until they are authorized, and i do not want to use the setting in the customer section because this blocks every category minus the contacts.

right now im doing

<?php if ($_SESSION['customer_id']) { ?>

then itll show the categories.. i need to know the variable for the customer authorization status.. so i can do an && and then have it check that the user is authorized.. what is this variable and what would the value be for an authorized user versus a pending authorization user?

[sidewing]

i think i finally came across it after a couple days of searching, let me know if this is right...
$_SESSION['customers_authorization'] would equal 0 if they are authorized correct?

so i would use:

<?php if ($_SESSION['customers_authorization'] == '0' and $_SESSION['customer_id'] != '') { ?>

right?

[sidewing]

yep seems to be working exactly how i want it.. here is what im using incase it helps someone else in the future:

<?php if ($_SESSION['customers_authorization'] == '0' and $_SESSION['customer_id'] !=

'') { ?>
<td><a

href="cart/index.php?main_page=products_all"><img

src="../img/menu-catalog.jpg" width="186" height="46"></a></td>
<?php } ?>
<?php if ($_SESSION['customers_authorization'] != '0' or !$_SESSION['customer_id']) { ?>
<td><img src="../img/menu-catalog.jpg" width="186" height="46"></td>
<?php } ?>

so basically if they are logged in and authorized itll make the link active for the catalog.. other than that it is not active. and i apply the same code to the category list on the left sidebox.