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JAccess::check

Description

Method to check if a user is authorised to perform an action, optionally on an asset.

public static function check (
        $userId
        $action
        $asset=null
)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
$userId	integer		Id of the user for which to check authorisation.
$action	string		The name of the action to authorise.
$asset	mixed	null	Integer asset id or the name of the asset as a string. Defaults to the global asset node.

• Returns boolean True if authorised.
• Defined on line 44 of libraries/joomla/access/access.php
• Since
• Referenced by
  • JUser::authorise
  • JUser::save

See also

• JAccess::check source code on BitBucket
• Class JAccess
• Subpackage Access
• Other versions of JAccess::check