$user→hasPermission()

Does the user have the given permission?

Optionally accepts a Page or Template context for the permission.
This method accounts for the user's permissions across all their roles.

Example

if($user->hasPermission('page-publish')) {
  // user has the page-publish permission in one of their roles
}
if($user->hasPermission('page-publish', $page)) {
  // user has page-publish permission for $page
}

Usage

// basic usage
$bool = $user->hasPermission($name);

// usage with all arguments
$bool = $user->hasPermission($name, $context = null);

Arguments

Name Type(s) Description

Name	Type(s)	Description
`$name`	`string` `Permission`	Permission name, object or id.
`$context` (optional)	`Page` `Template` `bool` `string`	Page or Template... or specify boolean true to return if user has permission OR if it was added at any template or specify string "templates" to return array of Template objects where user has permission

$name

string Permission

Permission name, object or id.

$context (optional)

Page Template bool string

Page or Template...

or specify boolean true to return if user has permission OR if it was added at any template
or specify string "templates" to return array of Template objects where user has permission

Return value

bool array

$user methods and properties

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.251