$roles API variable / Roles class

Provides management of all Role pages for access control.

Click any linked item for full usage details and examples. Hookable methods are indicated with the icon. In addition to those shown below, the Roles class also inherits all the methods and properties of: PagesType and Wire.

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Common

NameReturnSummary 
$roles->find($selector)
PageArrayReturn the Role(s) matching the the given selector.
$roles->get(string $selectorString)
Role NullPage nullGet a Role by name, numeric ID or selector 

For hooks

These methods are only useful for hooking and should not be called directly.

NameReturnSummary 
$roles->added(Page $page)
(nothing)Hook called just after a Role is added
$roles->deleteReady(Page $page)
(nothing)Hook called before a Role is deleted
$roles->deleted(Page $page)
(nothing)Hook called after a Role is deleted
$roles->saveReady(Page $page)
arrayHook called just before a Role is saved
$roles->saved(Page $page)
(nothing)Hook called after a role has been saved

Additional methods and properties

In addition to the methods and properties above, Roles also inherits the methods and properties of these classes:

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.236

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