function DrupalWebTestCase::drupalCreateRole
Creates a role with specified permissions.
Parameters
$permissions: Array of permission names to assign to role.
$name: (optional) String for the name of the role. Defaults to a random string.
Return value
Role ID of newly created role, or FALSE if role creation failed.
3 calls to DrupalWebTestCase::drupalCreateRole()
- DrupalWebTestCase::drupalCreateUser in modules/simpletest/ drupal_web_test_case.php 
- Create a user with a given set of permissions.
- UserRolesAssignmentTestCase::testAssignAndRemoveRole in modules/user/ user.test 
- Tests that a user can be assigned a role and that the role can be removed again.
- UserRolesAssignmentTestCase::testCreateUserWithRole in modules/user/ user.test 
- Tests that when creating a user the role can be assigned. And that it can be removed again.
File
- 
              modules/simpletest/ drupal_web_test_case.php, line 1275 
Class
- DrupalWebTestCase
- Test case for typical Drupal tests.
Code
protected function drupalCreateRole(array $permissions, $name = NULL) {
  // Generate random name if it was not passed.
  if (!$name) {
    $name = $this->randomName();
  }
  // Check the all the permissions strings are valid.
  if (!$this->checkPermissions($permissions)) {
    return FALSE;
  }
  // Create new role.
  $role = new stdClass();
  $role->name = $name;
  user_role_save($role);
  user_role_grant_permissions($role->rid, $permissions);
  $this->assertTrue(isset($role->rid), t('Created role of name: @name, id: @rid', array(
    '@name' => $name,
    '@rid' => isset($role->rid) ? $role->rid : t('-n/a-'),
  )), t('Role'));
  if ($role && !empty($role->rid)) {
    $count = db_query('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {role_permission} WHERE rid = :rid', array(
      ':rid' => $role->rid,
    ))
      ->fetchField();
    $this->assertTrue($count == count($permissions), t('Created permissions: @perms', array(
      '@perms' => implode(', ', $permissions),
    )), t('Role'));
    return $role->rid;
  }
  else {
    return FALSE;
  }
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