DbAcl Class Info:

Class Declaration:

class DbAcl extends AclBase

File name:
cake/libs/controller/components/acl.php
Description:

DbAcl implements an ACL control system in the database. ARO's and ACO's are structured into trees and a linking table is used to define permissions. You can install the schema for DbAcl with the Schema Shell.

$aco and $aro parameters can be slash delimited paths to tree nodes.

eg. controllers/Users/edit

Would point to a tree structure like

controllers
        Users
            edit

Class Inheritance

AclBase Object

Package
cake
Subpackage
cake.cake.libs.model

Properties:

allow

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Allow $aro to have access to action $actions in $aco

Parameters:
  • string $aro required

    ARO The requesting object identifier.

  • string $aco required

    ACO The controlled object identifier.

  • string $actions optional '*'

    Action (defaults to *)

  • integer $value optional 1

    Value to indicate access type (1 to give access, -1 to deny, 0 to inherit)

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/acl.php on line 355
Return

boolean Success

Access

public

Link
http://book.cakephp.org/view/1248/Assigning-Permissions

cakeError

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Used to report user friendly errors. If there is a file app/error.php or app/app_error.php this file will be loaded error.php is the AppError class it should extend ErrorHandler class.

Parameters:
  • string $method required

    Method to be called in the error class (AppError or ErrorHandler classes)

  • array $messages optional array ( )

    Message that is to be displayed by the error class

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 187
Return

error message

Access

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check

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Checks if the given $aro has access to action $action in $aco

Parameters:
  • string $aro required

    ARO The requesting object identifier.

  • string $aco required

    ACO The controlled object identifier.

  • string $action optional '*'

    Action (defaults to *)

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/acl.php on line 263
Return

boolean Success (true if ARO has access to action in ACO, false otherwise)

Access

public

Link
http://book.cakephp.org/view/1249/Checking-Permissions-The-ACL-Component

__construct

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Constructor

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/acl.php on line 232

deny

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Deny access for $aro to action $action in $aco

Parameters:
  • string $aro required

    ARO The requesting object identifier.

  • string $aco required

    ACO The controlled object identifier.

  • $action optional '*'

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/acl.php on line 407
Return

boolean Success

Access

public

Link
http://book.cakephp.org/view/1248/Assigning-Permissions

dispatchMethod

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

Parameters:
  • string $method required

    Name of the method to call

  • array $params optional array ( )

    Parameter list to use when calling $method

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 107
Return

mixed Returns the result of the method call

Access

public

getAclLink

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Get an array of access-control links between the given Aro and Aco

Parameters:
  • string $aro required

    ARO The requesting object identifier.

  • string $aco required

    ACO The controlled object identifier.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/acl.php on line 460
Return

array Indexed array with: 'aro', 'aco' and 'link'

Access

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_getAcoKeys

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Get the keys used in an ACO

Parameters:
  • array $keys required

    Permission model info

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/acl.php on line 486
Return

array ACO keys

Access

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grant

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Allow $aro to have access to action $actions in $aco

Parameters:
  • string $aro required

    ARO The requesting object identifier.

  • string $aco required

    ACO The controlled object identifier.

  • $action optional '*'

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/acl.php on line 434
Return

boolean Success

See

allow()

Access

public

inherit

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Let access for $aro to action $action in $aco be inherited

Parameters:
  • string $aro required

    ARO The requesting object identifier.

  • string $aco required

    ACO The controlled object identifier.

  • $action optional '*'

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/acl.php on line 420
Return

boolean Success

Access

public

initialize

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Initializes the containing component and sets the Aro/Aco objects to it.

Parameters:
  • AclComponent $component required

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/acl.php on line 248
Return

void

Access

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log

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

Parameters:
  • string $msg required

    Log message

  • integer $type optional 2

    Error type constant. Defined in app/config/core.php.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 148
Return

boolean Success of log write

Access

public

Object

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A hack to support __construct() on PHP 4 Hint: descendant classes have no PHP4 class_name() constructors, so this constructor gets called first and calls the top-layer __construct() which (if present) should call parent::__construct()

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 43
Return

Object

__openPersistent

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Open the persistent class file for reading Used by Object::_persist()

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    Name of persisted class

  • string $type optional NULL

    Type of persistance (e.g: registry)

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 268
Return

void

Access

private

_persist

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Checks for a persistent class file, if found file is opened and true returned If file is not found a file is created and false returned If used in other locations of the model you should choose a unique name for the persistent file There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    name of the class to persist

  • $return required

  • string $object required

    the object to persist

  • $type optional NULL

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 218
Return

boolean Success

Access

protected

Todo

add examples to manual

requestAction

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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.

Parameters:
  • mixed $url required

    String or array-based url.

  • array $extra optional array ( )

    if array includes the key "return" it sets the AutoRender to true.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 80
Return

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

Access

public

revoke

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Deny access for $aro to action $action in $aco

Parameters:
  • string $aro required

    ARO The requesting object identifier.

  • string $aco required

    ACO The controlled object identifier.

  • $action optional '*'

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/acl.php on line 448
Return

boolean Success

See

deny()

Access

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_savePersistent

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You should choose a unique name for the persistent file

There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    name used for object to cache

  • object $object required

    the object to persist

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 247
Return

boolean true on save, throws error if file can not be created

Access

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_set

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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.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 166
Return

void

Access

protected

_stop

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

Parameters:
  • $status optional 0

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 135
Return

void

Access

public

toString

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

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 64
Return

string The name of this class

Access

public