[filburt1]

No, something like this (using PAPI because I'm lazy):

PHP Code:

if (thisis("showthread.php"))
{
    if (!userisingroup("5,6,7"))
    {
        $prelink = "<!--";
        $postlink = "-->";
    }
    else unset($prelink, $postlink);
} 


Then in the postbit:

$prelink <a href="...">...</a> $postlink

Like I said, messy but it works.