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

Parameters

String $permission:

File

includes/misc.inc, line 3153

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 ($account == NULL) {
    // The account is STILL null, so return FALSE.
    // Most likely anonymous user.
    return FALSE;
  }

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

  if (!isset($account->permissions) || !is_array($account->permissions)) {
    return FALSE; // not set up yet; anonymous user most likely.
  }

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


  return FALSE;

}