Good evening, Thanks for this.
I took a look at user_access() but wasn't sure that it would do what I needed. I have to admit to being a newbie as far as Drupal development goes. I normally work on cor accessibility. As far as user_access() I see that it can accept a user object, but that it also needs me to pass a permission to check. What permission would I be checking to see if the current system path can be accessed? This is why menu_get_item() seemed more appropriate. It would be nice if there was a function like menu_get_item() that accepted the user object like user_access() does. Perhaps I'll ad an issue as a feature request for d8 if this doesn't already exist in some hidden corner of d6. Thanks, Everett Zufelt http://zufelt.ca Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/ezufelt View my LinkedIn Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt On 2010-04-23, at 7:23 PM, Sam Tresler wrote: > 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 >> >> -- >> Jennifer Hodgdon * Poplar ProductivityWare >> www.poplarware.com >> Drupal, WordPress, and custom Web programming >> > > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
