If I'm not mistaken, it would be something like:

@if ( Auth::user()->username == "YourUsername" )

You need to create a column in your article table with the owner id.

While looping through your articles you can do a check like this:

@if(Auth::user()->id == $article->user_id) 

Would give you a more complete example, but I'm on the train typing on my phone.

Hey mengidd,

I tried your example, but it returns an:

Trying to get property of non-object

So I guess that is what you meant by a more complete example :p?

Hey StyleOnPc,

I tried your example without luck, it returns the same error as above. I ofc replaced with my username, seems like i am missing something?

Use roles.

@if ( Auth::user()->role == "admin" || $post->created_by == Auth::user()->user_id ) 

Hey extjac, Im trying to implement Zizaco's entrust package, for doing what you suggest. It seems that if I use:

@if (! Entrust::hasRole('Admin') )

I dont get any error messages, however, my challenge now is that i'm not sure where to declare my users roles, so that they can be passed to my views?

I am not familiar with the Zizaco's entrust package. My guess is that you might have a USERS table and a USERS_ROLES table where you create the relationship. User_id =1, role ='admin'.