function user_has_permission

7.x misc.inc user_has_permission($permission = "", $account = NULL)
6.x misc.inc user_has_permission($permission = "", $account = NULL)
5.x misc.inc user_has_permission($permission, $account = NULL)

Returns TRUE or FALSE if the logged in user has access based on the permission supplied.

Parameters

String $permission:

67 calls to user_has_permission()
admin.courses.inc in modules/admin/admin.courses.inc
admin.degrees.inc in modules/admin/admin.degrees.inc
admin.groups.inc in modules/admin/admin.groups.inc
admin.module in modules/admin/admin.module
The administrative configurations for FlightPath.
admin_display_edit_degree in modules/admin/admin.degrees.inc
This screen displays the form which allows the user to actually edit a degree.

... See full list

File

includes/misc.inc, line 2003
This file contains misc functions for FlightPath

Code

function user_has_permission($permission, $account = NULL) {
  global $user;

  if ($account == NULL) {
    $account = $user;
  }
  //fpm("checking permission $permission");

  // If the user is admin (id == 1) then they always have access.
  if ($account->id == 1) {
    return TRUE;
  }

  // Otherwise, simply check their permissions array.
  if (in_array($permission, $account->permissions)) {
    return TRUE;
  }


  return FALSE;

}