Show link based on role

Question

In page.tpl.php I'm displaying a link for user page. For an example:

<?php echo l(t("My offers"), 'user/' . $user->uid . '/offers'); ?>

So when a user clicks on the link it goes to user/uid/offers.

Now I want to show this link only based on a role. Let's say we have a role "Seller" that has unique ID 5 in the database. How can I set

<?php echo l(t("My offers"), 'user/' . $user->uid . '/offers'); ?> 

to be visible only when a user has a role "Seller"?-

Answer 1

I've got answer from drupal.org and this is the right solution:

<?php
if(isset($user->roles[5]))
{
  echo l(t("My offers"), 'user/' . $user->uid . '/offers');
}

Answer 2

For a non-coding method, you can create a block or for more control over the content a Views block that shows for certain roles.

Answer 3

you can do this in following way say your seller roll machine_name is profile_seller then,

<

?php
if($user->**profile_seller** == "yes")
{
  echo l(t("My offers"), 'user/' . $user->uid . '/offers');
}
?>

Let us know if it works