exam draft fix

app/Controllers/View/LandingPageController.php

@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ class LandingPageController extends BaseController
             return null;
         }
 
+        // Teacher class sections only apply to the teacher role; other roles have no teacher_class rows.
+        if (strtolower(trim((string) $this->getUserRole())) !== 'teacher') {
+            return null;
+        }
+
         // Get all class assignments for this teacher in the current term
         $assignments = $this->teacherClassModel->getClassAssignmentsByUserId(
             (int)$user_id,
@@ -106,7 +111,7 @@ class LandingPageController extends BaseController
         $ids = array_values(array_filter(array_unique($ids)));
 
         if (empty($ids)) {
-            log_message('error', "No class section found for user ID: $user_id");
+            log_message('warning', "No class section found for user ID: $user_id");
             return null;
         }
 
@@ -868,8 +873,12 @@ class LandingPageController extends BaseController
 
     protected function getUserRole()
     {
-        // Assuming you have a session variable storing the user role
-        return session()->get('user_role', 'guest'); // Default to guest if not set
+        $active = session()->get('active_role');
+        if ($active !== null && $active !== '') {
+            return (string) $active;
+        }
+
+        return (string) (session()->get('role') ?? 'guest');
     }
 
     protected function getUserRoleFromDatabase($user_id)