[development] Blocks and page context

[E.J. Zufelt]

Good evening,

Thanks for this.

I took a look at user_access() but wasn't sure that it would do what I needed.  I have to admit to being a newbie as far as Drupal development goes.  I normally work on cor accessibility.

As far as user_access() I see that it can accept a user object, but that it also needs me to pass a permission to check.  What permission would I be checking to see if the current system path can be accessed?  This is why menu_get_item() seemed more appropriate.  It would be nice if there was a function like menu_get_item() that accepted the user object like user_access() does.  Perhaps I'll ad an issue as a feature request for d8 if this doesn't already exist in some hidden corner of d6.

Thanks,
Everett Zufelt
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On 2010-04-23, at 7:23 PM, Sam Tresler wrote:

> 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
>> 
>> -- 
>> Jennifer Hodgdon * Poplar ProductivityWare
>> www.poplarware.com
>> Drupal, WordPress, and custom Web programming
>> 
> 
> -- 
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