[solved] Conditionally limiting editing of page based on page properties and role

[Kiwi Chris]

I need to restrict editing access based on both the user role, and the value of a sub-field in a page reference field.

eg $page->competition->closingDate 

There's some discussion about restricting editing access based on role, and that works, but when I try to access the page via the method @Robin S suggests, the page returned is an admin page rather than the page being edited, so I don't have access to the edited page's fields.

 

[Robin S]

18 minutes ago, Kiwi Chris said:

I need to restrict editing access based on both the user role, and the value of a sub-field in a page reference field.

I think you'll want to hook Page::editable in /site/init.php and set the event return to false if the user should not be able to edit the page.

 

[Kiwi Chris]

That works perfectly. It saved me a heap of time trying to figure out what hook to use.