How to redirect the users when they click pdf file if they are not logged in

Question

I have pdf files on my website where I want to open the pdf files only if the user is logged in, otherwise, it should redirect to the login page if they click the pdf file. I have the code to display the pdf file as,

<a href="sw/events/pdf/<?php echo $event['eventDocument'] ?>"  target="_blank"><img src="img/pdf.png" alt="pdf-icon"></a>

Any help will be very much appreciated!! thanks!!

Answer 1

you can do:

   if (user is logged) 
    {
          echo '<a href="sw/events/pdf/' .$event['eventDocument'] .'"target="_blank"><img src="img/pdf.png" alt="pdf-icon"></a>';
    }
    else  echo '<a href="path/to/login" ><img src="img/pdf.png" alt="pdf-icon"></a>';    

but you should do it before template render:

    $pdf_path = '/path/to/login';
    
    if ( user is logged ) 
            $pdf_path = 'sw/events/pdf/'.$event['eventDocument'].'';