Can I make ONLINE content visible only to me, the webmaster?

Question

I use a PHP like this a lot to let me see messages to myself when viewing my sites locally...

switch(PHP_OS)
{
 case 'Linux':
 break;
 default:
 echo 'This message displays locally only.';
 break;
}

I just wondered if there's some script or trick I can use to let me see messages ONLINE that others can't see. For example, I might visit mysite/topics/buffalo and see a message like this:

switch($User)
{
 case 'Me':
 echo 'All the ungulate pages include master/ungulates.php';
 break;
 default:
 // Only the webmaster can see this message.
 break;
}

In fact, I know of one trick that would work. I could simply use the CSS style display: none to render a message invisible but use a different CSS style locally to render it invisible. However, that's a little sloppy, because the content would still be visible in the HTML.

[This](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2053245/how-can-i-detect-if-the-user-is-on-localhost-in-php) might be what you're looking for. — Gary, Mar 22 '16 at 00:27

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 22 '16 at 00:31

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if you have a login procedure on that site, you can simply do an

if($user == "me_myself") {
  echo "<p>my personal comment</p>";
}

edited Mar 22 '16 at 00:31

answered Mar 22 '16 at 00:28

Johannes

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DUH...why didn't I think of that when I learned how to make a login script just recently? ;) – David Blomstrom Mar 22 '16 at 00:36

Can I make ONLINE content visible only to me, the webmaster?

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