How to hide/show view based on field's value?
Okay, I think I got it now. Already tested.


Override the view's template (Tutorial)
Include global $user; somewhere in the first php tag.
Use an if statement: &lt;?php if (strip_tags($view-&gt;render_field("YOUR_FIELD", $id)) == $user-&gt;name): ?&gt; with YOUR_FIELD as the field's replacement pattern without brackets. (remember the &lt;?php endif; ?&gt;)


Sample view template (for unformated view display):

&lt;?php

/**
 * @file
 * Default simple view template to display a list of rows.
 *
 * @ingroup views_templates
 */
global $user;
?&gt;
&lt;?php if (!empty($title)): ?&gt;
  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;?php print $title; ?&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;?php endif; ?&gt;
&lt;?php foreach ($rows as $id =&gt; $row): ?&gt;
  &lt;?php if (strip_tags($view-&gt;render_field("title", $id)) == $user-&gt;name): ?&gt;
    &lt;div&lt;?php if ($classes_array[$id]) { print ' class="' . $classes_array[$id] .'"';  } ?&gt;&gt;
       &lt;?php print $row; ?&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;?php endif; ?&gt;
&lt;?php endforeach; ?&gt;