If your an absolute beginner at PHP, this is too far.

You could have a 'permission' field in your DB, values 0-3 (Guest, User, Mod, admin)

Pages then would be like:

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if ($permission > 1){
                                //  Content that only mods and admins can see
                               }
else{
        echo "You do not have the authority to view this section";
       }

You can manipulate that yourself. But again, if your very new to php and have just downloaded a script this is too far. Try a shoutbox to get started