What are the recommended ways to structure database queries in PHP to retrieve menu links based on user status?

To retrieve menu links based on user status in PHP, you can structure your database queries by first checking the user's status and then fetching the appropriate menu links from the database based on that status. You can use conditional statements to determine which menu links to display for each user status. 

// Assuming $userStatus contains the user's status (e.g., 'admin', 'user', 'guest')
// Connect to your database
$pdo = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=your_database', 'username', 'password');

// Prepare the SQL query based on user status
if ($userStatus == 'admin') {
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM menu_links WHERE access_level = 'admin'";
} elseif ($userStatus == 'user') {
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM menu_links WHERE access_level IN ('admin', 'user')";
} else {
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM menu_links WHERE access_level = 'guest'";
}

// Execute the query
$stmt = $pdo->query($sql);

// Fetch and display the menu links
while ($row = $stmt->fetch()) {
    echo '<a href="' . $row['url'] . '">' . $row['title'] . '</a>';
}

Keywords

PHP database queries menu links user status structuring

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