Hi, There is 1 method of doing this (I believe) and from what I have seen in some packages, is that you switch users to the user you want to check and then switch back. global $user; $save = $user; $user = user_load(array('uid' => 1234)); ... check access to node ... $user = $save; It is a pain that you can't just specify a uid to check access. Gordon. Alan Dixon wrote:
I'm looking for a way to determine if an arbitrary user (i.e, not the global or current user) has access to a node. The node_access() function in the node.module looks like what I want, except that it only applies to the current user. I only actually care if the user can view the node.
Any ideas?
I'd thought of redefining the $_GLOBAL['user'] temporarily and then running node_access, but I think that might be dangerous (side effects?). I could also just copy that node_access function and change the references to the global user, but I'm hoping someone's already thought through a more elegant solution.