[development] modify permissions using hook_menu_alter()

[Earnie Boyd]

Quoting Ryan Courtnage <subscribe at courtnage.ca>:

> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Lluís <enboig at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am developing a module which will allow users to post certain
>> content-types after 30 days of being registered.
>> I think this is achieved using hook_menu_alter(); but my code freezes
>> drupal with a white screen.
>>
>> Whats is missing in my code?
>>
>> function wu_menu_alter(&$menu) {
>>  foreach (node_get_types('types', NULL, TRUE) as $type) {
>>    $type_url_str = str_replace('_', '-', $type->type);
>>    $menu['node/add/'.$type_url_str]['access callback'] = 'wu_role_access';
>>    $menu['node/add/'.$type_url_str]['access arguments'] =
>> array('create', $type->type);
>>  }
>> }
>>

You actually want to put this code in wu_menu() instead.  Sorry, I  
missed the first post.

>> function wu_role_access($a='',$b='',$c='',$d='',$e='') {
>> //  echo "**************"; //if uncommented this is displayed
>>  return true; //when it works I will implement the rest of the function
>> }
>
> FYI - I tried your code in my own module, works fine here. Did you
> clear your menu cache after making changes in hook_menu_alter()?
>

We don't want to be building the menu cache dynamically.  It is an  
expensive operation.

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