Class PhpAcl

PhpAcl implements an access control system using a plain PHP configuration file. An example file can be found in app/Config/acl.php

Object
Extended by PhpAcl implements AclInterface
Package: Cake\Controller\Component\Acl
Copyright: Copyright (c) Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
License: MIT License
Located at Cake/Controller/Component/Acl/PhpAcl.php

Method Detail

__constructsource public

__construct( )

Constructor

Sets a few default settings up.

Overrides

Object::__construct()

allowsource public

allow( string $aro , string $aco , string $action "*" )

No op method, allow cannot be done with PhpAcl

Parameters

string $aro
ARO The requesting object identifier.
string $aco
ACO The controlled object identifier.
string $action optional "*"
Action (defaults to *)

Returns

boolean
Success

Implementation of

AclInterface::allow()

buildsource public

build( array $config )

build and setup internal ACL representation

Parameters

array $config
configuration array, see docs

Throws

AclException
When required keys are missing.

checksource public

check( string $aro , string $aco , string $action "*" )

Main ACL check function. Checks to see if the ARO (access request object) has access to the ACO (access control object).

Parameters

string $aro
ARO
string $aco
ACO
string $action optional "*"
Action

Returns

boolean
true if access is granted, false otherwise

Implementation of

AclInterface::check()

denysource public

deny( string $aro , string $aco , string $action "*" )

deny ARO access to ACO

Parameters

string $aro
ARO The requesting object identifier.
string $aco
ACO The controlled object identifier.
string $action optional "*"
Action (defaults to *)

Returns

boolean
Success

Implementation of

AclInterface::deny()

inheritsource public

inherit( string $aro , string $aco , string $action "*" )

No op method

Parameters

string $aro
ARO The requesting object identifier.
string $aco
ACO The controlled object identifier.
string $action optional "*"
Action (defaults to *)

Returns

boolean
Success

Implementation of

AclInterface::inherit()

initializesource public

initialize( Component $Component )

Initialize method

Parameters

Component $Component
Component instance

Implementation of

AclInterface::initialize()

Methods inherited from Object

_mergeVarssource protected

_mergeVars( array $properties , string $class , boolean $normalize true )

Merges this objects $property with the property in $class' definition. This classes value for the property will be merged on top of $class'

This provides some of the DRY magic CakePHP provides. If you want to shut it off, redefine this method as an empty function.

Parameters

array $properties
The name of the properties to merge.
string $class
The class to merge the property with.
boolean $normalize optional true
Set to true to run the properties through Hash::normalize() before merging.

_setsource protected

_set( array $properties array() )

Allows setting of multiple properties of the object in a single line of code. Will only set properties that are part of a class declaration.

Parameters

array $properties optional array()
An associative array containing properties and corresponding values.

_stopsource protected

_stop( integer|string $status 0 )

Stop execution of the current script. Wraps exit() making testing easier.

Parameters

integer|string $status optional 0
see http://php.net/exit for values

dispatchMethodsource public

dispatchMethod( string $method , array $params array() )

Calls a method on this object with the given parameters. Provides an OO wrapper for call_user_func_array

Parameters

string $method
Name of the method to call
array $params optional array()
Parameter list to use when calling $method

Returns

mixed
Returns the result of the method call

logsource public

log( string $msg , integer $type LOG_ERR , null|string|array $scope null )

Convenience method to write a message to CakeLog. See CakeLog::write() for more information on writing to logs.

Parameters

string $msg
Log message
integer $type optional LOG_ERR
Error type constant. Defined in app/Config/core.php.
null|string|array $scope optional null
The scope(s) a log message is being created in. See CakeLog::config() for more information on logging scopes.

Returns

boolean
Success of log write

requestActionsource public

requestAction( string|array $url , array $extra array() )

Calls a controller's method from any location. Can be used to connect controllers together or tie plugins into a main application. requestAction can be used to return rendered views or fetch the return value from controller actions.

Under the hood this method uses Router::reverse() to convert the $url parameter into a string URL. You should use URL formats that are compatible with Router::reverse()

Passing POST and GET data

POST and GET data can be simulated in requestAction. Use $extra['url'] for GET data. The $extra['data'] parameter allows POST data simulation.

Parameters

string|array $url
String or array-based URL. Unlike other URL arrays in CakePHP, this URL will not automatically handle passed and named arguments in the $url parameter.
array $extra optional array()
if array includes the key "return" it sets the AutoRender to true. Can also be used to submit GET/POST data, and named/passed arguments.

Returns

mixed
Boolean true or false on success/failure, or contents of rendered action if 'return' is set in $extra.

toStringsource public

toString( )

Object-to-string conversion. Each class can override this method as necessary.

Returns

string
The name of this class

Constants summary

boolean ALLOW

Constant for allow

true
boolean DENY

Constant for deny

false

Properties summary

$Acosource

public PhpAco

Aco Object

null

$Arosource

public PhpAro

Aro Object

null

$optionssource

public array

Options: - policy: determines behavior of the check method. Deny policy needs explicit allow rules, allow policy needs explicit deny rules - config: absolute path to config file that contains the acl rules (@see app/Config/acl.php)

array()

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