[development] Blocks and page context

[Sam Tresler]

user_access takes an optional account parameter.  

I think 

$account = user_load(0);
user_access('perm', $account);

Should work...

"Jennifer Hodgdon" <yahgrp at poplarware.com> wrote:

>Is this in a test? Then you can probably use $this->userLogout() and 
>then browse, I think?
>
>    Jennifer
>
>E.J. Zufelt wrote:
>> Good afternoon,
>> 
>> I am planning on releasing as a contrib module, so if there is a better way to test to see if a menu item is available for anonymous access without a hack I'd happily implement it.
>
>> 
>> 
>> On 2010-04-23, at 6:58 PM, Jennifer Hodgdon wrote:
>> 
>>> That's the "hack" I was referring to. As far as acceptability goes, I don't know what to tell you. If it's in your own private module, no one can complain...
>>>
>>>   --Jennifer
>>>
>>> E.J. Zufelt wrote:
>>>> Would it be acceptable in the Drupal community for me to solve this problem by creating a user0 object, switching it with the global $user, perform the test, and then switch back?  By acceptable I mean are there any significant problems I shoud be aware of if using this approach?
>>>> On 2010-04-23, at 6:12 PM, Jennifer Hodgdon wrote:
>>>>> E.J. Zufelt wrote:
>>>>>> I notice that menu_get_item() will tell me if the current user can access the current menu item.  Is there a simple method to test if user0 can access the current menu item?  That is, regardless who the current user is, I would like to see if there is a function to let me know if user0 can access the current page, essentially a test to see if the current page is available to anonymous users or not.
>>>>> I don't think there's an easy way. The access checking for menu_get_item() is done in _menu_check_access(). This figures out and calls the access callback for the particular menu item. For the most general case of a menu item with a custom access callback, it would probably not be possible to modify the function to check a specific $account instead of the current global $user, without some sort of hack.
>>>>>
>>>>>  --Jennifer
>
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>Jennifer Hodgdon * Poplar ProductivityWare
>www.poplarware.com
>Drupal, WordPress, and custom Web programming
>

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