Specials Box only for logged in users

My website is only for wholesale customers to purchase, but also product information for the general public. It's at https://www.healthreflections.com.au. I have some items on special at the moment but want them only to be viewable by customers who are logged in.

How can I change it so only logged in customers can see the Specials sidebox?

Here's the if statement you would want to apply to your sidebox.

  
if (!$_SESSION['customer_id']) {
    $show_information= false;
  } else {
    $show_information= true;
  }

If you paste your sidebox code here from modules/sideboxes/YOURTEMPLATE I can adjust it for you.

Here's the contents of modules/sideboxes/specials.php:

<?php
/**
 * specials sidebox - displays a random product "on special"
 *
 * @package templateSystem
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2007 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 * @version $Id: specials.php 6475 2007-06-08 21:10:33Z ajeh $
 */

// test if box should display
if (!$_SESSION['customer_id']) {
$show_specials= false;
} else {
$show_specials= true;
}



  if (isset($_GET['products_id'])) {
    $show_specials= false;
  } else {
    $show_specials= true;
  }

  if ($show_specials == true) {
    $random_specials_sidebox_product_query = "select p.products_id, pd.products_name, p.products_price,
                                    p.products_tax_class_id, p.products_image,
                                    s.specials_new_products_price,
                                    p.master_categories_id
                             from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " .
                                      TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, " .
                                      TABLE_SPECIALS . " s
                             where p.products_status = 1
                             and p.products_id = s.products_id
                             and pd.products_id = s.products_id
                             and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "'
                             and s.status = 1";

//    $random_specials_sidebox_product = zen_random_select($random_specials_sidebox_product_query);
    $random_specials_sidebox_product = $db->ExecuteRandomMulti($random_specials_sidebox_product_query, MAX_RANDOM_SELECT_SPECIALS);

    if ($random_specials_sidebox_product->RecordCount() > 0)  {
      require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_specials.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_specials.php');
      $title =  BOX_HEADING_SPECIALS;
      $title_link = FILENAME_SPECIALS;
      require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
    }
  }
?>

I notice the code you suggested is already listed in the top of this file, so I'm not understanding why it still shows it anyway when you're not logged in?

You have TWO IF statements testing ...

// test if box should display
if (!$_SESSION['customer_id']) {
$show_specials= false;
} else {
$show_specials= true;
}



  if (isset($_GET['products_id'])) {
    $show_specials= false;
  } else {
    $show_specials= true;
  }

So the second is overriding the first ...

Are you trying to see the specials ALWAYS when a customer is logged in or do you want to see the specials ALWAYS when a customer is logged in AND when not on the product_info page?

I'm trying to have it set to always being shown on any page on the website, so it's always sitting in the right column. But more importantly, I'm needing the specials sidebox to not be shown when a user isn't logged in.

Ahh .. well that's done it anyway, I've removed the second IF statement and it's fixed it to how I need it. And as for putting it alongside every page, I've found the option in the Admin panel.

Cheers people :) Much appreciated!

Thanks for the update that you have this working and for explaining how ... :smile: