Suggested new function in US_helpers.php

[plb]

The current definition of

Code:

checkPermissions()

is somewhat special-purpose and (perhaps) obsolete.

I am suggesting a new function called

Code:

hasPermission()

which is a little more general-purpose and will change the definition of

Code:

checkPermissions()

to simply call

Code:

hasPermission()

with the appropriate parameter.

I will confess I am happy with the stability of

Code:

hasPermission()

(I have tested it) whereas I don't use

Code:

checkPermissions()

at all and so I haven't tested whether my change is backward compatible. [honesty strikes] OK, I haven't tested my definition of

Code:

checkPermission()

at all - I just typed it into the pastebin. Phew, conscience relieved. :-)

http://pastebin.com/cexD5maq

This provides a more generic way to check if a user (either the current user or someone else) has a given permission/group.

[mudmin]

I like that. The old permission names and even what they do was somewhat setup like that for backwards compatibility, but I like having the more generic function.

Btw, technically you can still patch a usercake 2.0 project (from 2010 or something) all the way up to 4.1.4 if you're willing to do a little fiddling.