permissions() function

Get, find or save permissions ($permissions API variable as a function)

Accessing permissions() is exactly the same as accessing $permissions. Though there are a couple of optional shortcuts available by providing an argument to this function.

Please note this method is and thus not intended to be called directly.

Example

// Get a permission
$p = permissions()->get('page-edit'); // regular syntax
$p = permissions('page-edit'); // shortcut syntax

// Find permissions
$ps = permissions()->find('name^=page'); // regular syntax
$ps = permissions('name^=page'); // shortcut syntax

Internal usage

// basic internal usage
$permissions = permissions();

// internal usage with all arguments
$permissions = permissions($selector = '');

Arguments

Name	Type(s)	Description
`$selector` (optional)	`string` `int`	Specify permission name or ID to retrieve that Permission (Permission) Specify a selector string to return all permissions matching selector (PageArray)

Return value

Permissions Permission PageArray null NullPage

Functions methods and properties

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.251