I'm needing to be able to programmatically load a user, modify their tac_lite permissions, then save it again. The problem is that I can't seem to find a way to do this. I set up the tac_lite array on the $user object like so:

$user->tac_lite[1][105] = 105;

This, in theory, should grant the user the privelage of viewing nodes tagged with a tid of 105. Unfortunately, as it would turn out, this property does not get saved at all, either in $user->data (which it appears that tac_lite makes use of) or in $user->tac_lite (it's simply empty). I'm not sure if this should be an issue, or if I'm simply doing it wrong. But my overall goal is that this must be done programmatically.

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Dave Cohen’s picture

Dave Cohen commented

The right way is to use drupal_execute(). It's complicated, but it is the right way to do this sort of thing in Drupal.

jerdiggity’s picture

jerdiggity commented

Just saw you on IRC (@ShooterMG)... Wondering if it worked or not.

Incidentally, @Dave: would something like this work or no?

global $user;
$tac = array(
  'tac_lite' => array(
    1 => array(105)));
user_save($user, $tac);
Dave Cohen’s picture

Dave Cohen commented

I dunno. Let us know. The only technique I'd recommend is drupal_execute(), or whatever it now is in D7.

tharna’s picture

tharna commented

I got it working like this (on d7):

global $user;
$edit = (array)$user;
$edit['data']['tac_lite'][$vid][$tid] = $tid;
user_save($user, $edit);
kotnik’s picture

kotnik commented

Based on #2, this works for D6:

$tac = array(
  'tac_lite' => array(
    $vid => array($tid1 => $tid1, $tid2 => $tid2,)
  );
);
user_save($user, $tac);
tinker’s picture

tinker commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.