Now here is a surprise !
Its not working for me? It seems that its not picking up on $userob.
File saved and uploaded into forums/includes folder as user_auth.inc.php
Paths updated
New file with simple test code
file test-auth.php
<?php
include ('forums/includes/user_auth.inc.php');
echo "test auth <br />";
$userob = new user_auth();
if( $userob->is_logged_in ) {
echo "you are logged in";
}
?>
If i'm logged in or not the result is the same?
ive tried full paths and relative paths 
If they are wrong i do get the php error so they are correct.
Humm what could be wrong?
Help << i'm stuck.
Aso if i run the file with all of the examples in the first post,
i get this error which made me use the test text.
$userob = new user_auth();
// Am I logged in?
if( $userob->is_logged_in ) {
// I am logged in
}
// Am I in group 3?
if( $userob->in_group( 3 ) ) {
// Why, yes we are
}
// Who cares what group I'm in! I wanna know
// if I can read a topic from forum 7
if( $userob->check_access( 7, "read" ) ) {
// Apparently I can
}
// What if I want to know if I'm an administrator
if( $userob->fields['USER_MEMBERSHIP_LEVEL'] == "Administrator" ) {
// That means I'm teh uber user
}
// Want to create a welcome message?
if( $userob->is_logged_in ) {
if( $userob->is_banned ) {
echo "Go away, " . $userob->fields['USER_DISPLAY_NAME'];
} else {
echo "Welcome, " . $userob->fields['USER_DISPLAY_NAME'];
}
} else {
echo "Please register";
}
Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in forums/includes/user_auth.inc.php on line 202
Whats wrong ?
Thanks for any help as always 
