(Preliminary) New hook: user_access_alter

Posted by westwesterson on November 14, 2012 at 3:48pm

Project:

Drupal core

Introduced in branch:

8.x

Issues:

#1536612: Add hook_user_access_alter allowing contrib to do more advanced things with basic user access.

Description:

Note: this change has not landed yet.

A new hook is created so modules can alter the basic user access scheme with their own additions or modifications.

Example usage:

function my_module_user_access_alter(array &$permissions, $account) {
  // Add a permission if a user has the America/Santiago timezone.
  if (isset($account->timezone) && $account->timezone == 'America/Santiago') {
    $permissions['user lives in santiago'] = TRUE;
  }
}

Impacts:

Module developers

Updates Done (doc team, etc.)

Online documentation:

Not done

Theming guide:

Not done

Module developer documentation:

Not done

Examples project:

Not done

Coder Review:

Not done

Coder Upgrade:

Not done

Other:

Other updates done