Create and use a Permission code

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18 April 2009 | Aram Balakjian | CMS, Security, Member | Supports v2.4, v2.3

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Have you wanted to add an extra permission code that you can add to groups and then use that to test whether a particular user has that permission? Here's how it's done. The permission code it self is added via the Controller class, then you use a permission check anywhere in your site code to check the current user. Like so:

 

class Page_Controller extends ContentController implements PermissionProvider {
	
	function providePermissions(){
		return array(
			"USER" => "Just a regular user",
			"SUPER_USER" => "A super-duper mega user"
		);
	}
}

Now, let's say we only wanted users with permission code SUPER_USER to be able to edit a particular page, we could do a Permission::check() inside the canEdit() function like so:

 

function canEdit($Member = null)
{
	return Permission::check('SUPER_USER');
}

For more info on using canEdit() and the other permission functions see this post.