Home page on condition basis in magento - php

Question

I have set category page my default home page.But now i want to show CMS(Home page) for not logged in user while for logged-in i want to show category page.Means how i can set logic that can load both cms pages. How can i do that ? Thanks for any help in advance
<?php if(!Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->isLoggedIn()): ?>
load->category page
<?php else: ?>//If user is NOT logged in
Load home page default one
<?php endif; ?>

Answer 1

IF you want only to check condition on home page .You can do like this .Change little bit code for CMS controller like this :
class Mage_Cms_IndexController extends Mage_Core_Controller_Front_Action
{
public function indexAction($coreRoute = null)
{
if(Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->isLoggedIn())
{
Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getResponse()->setRedirect(Mage::getUrl('catalog/category/view/id/3'));
}else{
$pageId = Mage::getStoreConfig(Mage_Cms_Helper_Page::XML_PATH_HOME_PAGE);
if (!Mage::helper('cms/page')->renderPage($this, $pageId)) {
$this->_forward('defaultIndex');
}
}
}
Try and inform me about results.Hope this will solve your issue

Answer 2

This might work in your case :
// condition depending on login status of user
if(!$this->helper('customer')->isLoggedIn())
{
Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getResponse()->setRedirect(Mage::getBaseUrl());
die();
}
else
{
Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getResponse()->setRedirect(Mage::getUrl('YOUR_CATEGORY_URL'));
die();
}
IF above doesn't work, try this :
$sessionCustomer = Mage::getSingleton("customer/session");
if($sessionCustomer->isLoggedIn()) {
Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getResponse()->setRedirect(Mage::getUrl('YOUR_CATEGORY_URL'));
} else {
Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getResponse()->setRedirect(Mage::getBaseUrl());
}