user_access takes an optional account parameter.
I think
$account = user_load(0);
user_access('perm', $account);
Should work...
"Jennifer Hodgdon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Is this in a test? Then you can probably use $this->userLogout() and
>then browse, I think?
>
> Jennifer
>
>E.J. Zufelt wrote:
>> Good afternoon,
>>
>> I am planning on releasing as a contrib module, so if there is a better way
>> to test to see if a menu item is available for anonymous access without a
>> hack I'd happily implement it.
>
>>
>>
>> On 2010-04-23, at 6:58 PM, Jennifer Hodgdon wrote:
>>
>>> That's the "hack" I was referring to. As far as acceptability goes, I don't
>>> know what to tell you. If it's in your own private module, no one can
>>> complain...
>>>
>>> --Jennifer
>>>
>>> E.J. Zufelt wrote:
>>>> Would it be acceptable in the Drupal community for me to solve this
>>>> problem by creating a user0 object, switching it with the global $user,
>>>> perform the test, and then switch back? By acceptable I mean are there
>>>> any significant problems I shoud be aware of if using this approach?
>>>> On 2010-04-23, at 6:12 PM, Jennifer Hodgdon wrote:
>>>>> E.J. Zufelt wrote:
>>>>>> I notice that menu_get_item() will tell me if the current user can
>>>>>> access the current menu item. Is there a simple method to test if user0
>>>>>> can access the current menu item? That is, regardless who the current
>>>>>> user is, I would like to see if there is a function to let me know if
>>>>>> user0 can access the current page, essentially a test to see if the
>>>>>> current page is available to anonymous users or not.
>>>>> I don't think there's an easy way. The access checking for
>>>>> menu_get_item() is done in _menu_check_access(). This figures out and
>>>>> calls the access callback for the particular menu item. For the most
>>>>> general case of a menu item with a custom access callback, it would
>>>>> probably not be possible to modify the function to check a specific
>>>>> $account instead of the current global $user, without some sort of hack.
>>>>>
>>>>> --Jennifer
>
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