[development] node_access for not the global user?

[Alan Dixon]

Yes, but I think this is going to break in php5 where objects need to
be cloned intead of assigned, no?

 - Alan

On 3/5/07, Gordon Heydon <gordon at heydon.com.au> wrote:
> 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.
> >
>


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