php - Using fnmatch() to test for permissions in level1.level2.level3 -

i looking re-working permissions system in php built while ago. current version has exact permissions admin have following permissions:

acl.manage.self acl.manage.others 

that user has access manage own permissions, as-well others.

however while working on new applications, attempted tap current permissions system giving myself access entire application via:

lst.* 

that way don't have give myself bunch .view .manage etc.

it seems though existing system not understand * wildcard. sitting here trying re-write "has_permission"

so current working test environment have created user following permissions:

array(3) { [0]=> string(1) "*" [1]=> string(15) "fake.permission" [2]=> string(27) "none.of.these.should.matter" }  

technically permission matters [0] says should have permission , want.

i @ loss how implement flow method:

function has_perm($perm){     //if checking if have perm 'acl.manage.all'     //this function should return true if have of following:     // *, acl.*, acl.manage.*, acl.manage.all         //exact check     foreach($this->perms $p){         if($p===$perm){ return true; }     }  } 

any nudge in right direction awesome.

your current code returns true if needed permission $perm matches of permissions $p.

you need change return true if needed permission $perm matches of fnmatch() patterns $p.

try this:

foreach($this->perms $p) {     if (fnmatch($p, $perm)) { return true; } } 

you don't need keep exact match check, because fnmatch() still detect exact matches if permissions don't contain wildcards.