Abstract: A method for measuring and controlling a chip level and/or a chip-liquor combination level and/or liquor level height of a liquid-steam phase digester or a hydraulic digester which digester comprises a chip screw for feeding chips into a digesting volume. The method comprises mounting electrode pairs in certain heights and vertically at distances from each other in the digesting volume of the digester, the electrode pairs being formed of electrodes; connecting the electrode pairs to electric circuits; measuring in each electric circuit a current or voltage value during operation of the digester; determining, based on the measurement, type of material layer (for example, steam, chips, combination of chips and liquor, or liquor) located in a certain height, based on the electrical conductivity of the materials in the digesting volume.