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  1. 4.6.x developer/examples/node_access_example.module
  2. 4.7.x developer/examples/node_access_example.module

This is an example illustrating how to restrict access to nodes based on some criterion associated with the user.

This example module will simply set a single flag on a node: 'private'. If the flag is set, only users with the 'view private content' flag can see the node, and all users with 'edit private content' can edit (but not delete) the node.

Additionally we will ensure that the node author can always view, edit, and delete the node by providing an additional access realm that grants privileges to the node's author.

Database definition:


  CREATE TABLE node_access_example (
    nid int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0' PRIMARY KEY,
    private int,
    KEY `node_example_nid` (nid)
  )

File

developer/examples/node_access_example.module
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<?php

/**
 * @file
 * This is an example illustrating how to restrict access to nodes based on 
 * some criterion associated with the user.
 *
 * This example module will simply set a single flag on a node: 'private'. If
 * the flag is set, only users with the 'view private content' flag can see
 * the node, and all users with 'edit private content' can edit (but not 
 * delete) the node.
 *
 * Additionally we will ensure that the node author can always view, edit,
 * and delete the node by providing an additional access realm that grants
 * privileges to the node's author.
 *
 * Database definition:
 * @code
 *   CREATE TABLE node_access_example (
 *     nid int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0' PRIMARY KEY,
 *     private int,
 *     KEY `node_example_nid` (nid)
 *   )
 * @endcode
 */

/**
 * Implementation of hook_help().
 */
function node_access_example_help($section) {
  switch ($section) {
    case 'admin/modules#description':
      return t('An example illustrating how to restrict access to nodes based on some criterion associated with the user.');
  }
}

/**
 * Simple function to make sure we don't respond with grants when disabling
 * ourselves.
 */
function node_access_example_disabling($set = NULL) {
  static $disabling = false;
  if ($set !== NULL) {
    $disabling = $set;
  }
  return $disabling;
}

/**
 * Implementation of hook_perm().
 *
 * In this example, we will use a simple permission to determine whether a user
 * has access to "private" content. This permission is defined here.
 */
function node_access_example_perm() {
  return array(
    'access private content',
    'edit private content',
  );
}

/**
 * Implementation of hook_node_grants().
 *
 * Tell the node access system what GIDs the user belongs to for each realm.
 * In this example, we are providing two realms: the example realm, which
 * has just one group id (1) and the user is either a member or not depending
 * upon the operation and the access permission set.
 *
 * We are also setting up a realm for the node author, though, to give it
 * special privileges. That has 1 GID for every UID, and each user is
 * automatically a member of the group where GID == UID.
 *
 */
function node_access_example_node_grants($account, $op) {
  if ($op == 'view' && user_access('access private content', $account)) {
    $grants['example'] = array(
      1,
    );
  }
  if (($op == 'update' || $op == 'delete') && user_access('edit private content', $account)) {
    $grants['example'] = array(
      1,
    );
  }
  $grants['example_author'] = array(
    $account->uid,
  );
  return $grants;
}

/**
 * Implementation of hook_node_access_records().
 *
 * All node access modules must implement this hook. If the module is
 * interested in the privacy of the node passed in, return a list
 * of node access values for each grant ID we offer. Since this
 * example module only offers 1 grant ID, we will only ever be
 * returning one record.
 */
function node_access_example_node_access_records($node) {
  if (node_access_example_disabling()) {
    return;
  }

  // We only care about the node if it's been marked private. If not, it is
  // treated just like any other node and we completely ignore it.
  if ($node->private) {
    $grants = array();
    $grants[] = array(
      'realm' => 'example',
      'gid' => TRUE,
      'grant_view' => TRUE,
      'grant_update' => FALSE,
      'grant_delete' => FALSE,
      'priority' => 0,
    );

    // For the example_author array, the GID is equivalent to a UID, which
    // means there are many many groups of just 1 user.
    $grants[] = array(
      'realm' => 'example_author',
      'gid' => $node->uid,
      'grant_view' => TRUE,
      'grant_update' => TRUE,
      'grant_delete' => TRUE,
      'priority' => 0,
    );
    return $grants;
  }
}

/**
 * Implementation of hook_form_alter()
 *
 * This module adds a simple checkbox to the node form labeled private. If the
 * checkbox is labelled, only the node author and users with 'access private content' 
 * privileges may see it. 
 */
function node_access_example_form_alter($form_id, &$form) {
  if ($form['#id'] == 'node-form') {
    $form['private'] = array(
      '#type' => 'checkbox',
      '#title' => t('Private'),
      '#description' => t('Check here if this content should be set private and only shown to privileged users.'),
      '#default_value' => $form['#node']->private,
    );
  }
}

/**
 * Implementation of hook_nodeapi().
 *
 * - "delete", "insert", and "update":
 * The module must track the access status of the node.
 */
function node_access_example_nodeapi(&$node, $op, $arg = 0) {
  switch ($op) {
    case 'load':
      $result = db_fetch_object(db_query('SELECT * FROM {node_access_example} WHERE nid = %d', $node->nid));
      $node->private = $result->private;
      break;
    case 'delete':
      db_query('DELETE FROM {node_access_example} WHERE nid = %d', $node->nid);
      break;
    case 'insert':
      db_query('INSERT INTO {node_access_example} (nid, private) VALUES (%d, %d)', $node->nid, $node->private);
      break;
    case 'update':
      db_query('UPDATE {node_access_example} SET private = %d WHERE nid = %d', $node->private, $node->nid);
      break;
  }
}

Functions

Namesort ascending Description
node_access_example_perm Implementation of hook_perm().
node_access_example_node_grants Implementation of hook_node_grants().
node_access_example_node_access_records Implementation of hook_node_access_records().
node_access_example_nodeapi Implementation of hook_nodeapi().
node_access_example_help Implementation of hook_help().
node_access_example_form_alter Implementation of hook_form_alter()
node_access_example_disabling Simple function to make sure we don't respond with grants when disabling ourselves.