$user->uid is false even when logged in

Question

I have this code:

global $user;

if (!$user->uid) {
  drupal_set_message("You must log in to view this content.");
  drupal_goto('node/153', array('query'=>drupal_get_destination()));
}

$user->uid evaluates correctly when logged in as admin and editor, but users that don't have admin or editor roles have NO UID. Immediately before and after this code resolves to false, I visit site-root/user, and sure enough, I'm logged in.

What setting causes this? I've used this code many times to see if a user is logged in, and I can't find any setting that would cause this behavior.

Answer 1

Try using

global $user;

if(!$user->uid) {
  drupal_set_message("You must log in to view this content.");
  drupal_goto('node/153', array('query'=>drupal_get_destination()) );
}

Answer 2

I'm not yet clear on all the reasons, but the Secure Pages module was causing all users that weren't selected to go on https to return as null. Even user_is_logged_in() was returning false.

Moving a user to https upon login returned these functions' behavior back to normal.