membergroup set up and menu access

[~FS~grizz]

hi
I did a basic search, maybe I used the wrong terms...
I have SMF 2.0.4
I need special access for two membergroups to log in

I have created:
member
employee

I need:
each group to have it's own access level and show specific menu items and menu sub-items
the member group can have an employee access level, which would mean the employee could NOT see certain menu options if not listed in the member group as well

I have done:
Created member and employee groups already, does it matter if they are created with inherent rights from "regular members" group?
Created new menu item "About Us" with sub-menu item "example" that is visible to all, how can I make a second sub-menu item of "example"  that is visible only to one or both of my new member groups?

[MC73]

Create separate member groups if you want them to have different permissions and different board access

The next step would be for you to edit permissions

Administration Center | Permissions | General Permissions

http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Permissions

http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Membergroups

[Sir Osis of Liver]

The membergroups can inherit permissions from Regular Members, and you can separately set Visible Boards for each group.

To make a submenu visible to specific groups, find the menu array in /Sources/Subs.php (look for 'All the buttons....'), and specify the allowed group numbers for the menu item, like this -

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'show' => $user_info['groups']['0'] == 1,



[~FS~grizz]

Thank you both,

I have separate groups and separate permissions now,
I have edited the menu,
I have a menu item now that shows only to one member group....but it seems that not the admin can see it as well.

how do I make it so the admin also sees the menu item?

AND

I will show you the code, can anyone help with why I cannot add a 2nd level menu item?
perhaps I have something wrong, I just read the tips&tricks tutorial and tried my best.

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'aboutus' => array(
      'title' => 'About Us',
      'href' => 'http://demo.blank.com/index.php?page=page1',
      'show' => true,
          'sub_buttons' => array(
                        'treaty' => array(
        'title' => 'Treaty Information',
'href' => 'http://demo.danaxdaxw.com/index.php?page=page4805',
'show' => $user_info['groups']['0'] == 9,
'sub_button2' => array(
              'title' => 'Member Treaty Info',
       'href' => 'http://demo.danaxdaxw.com/index.php?page=page3634',
       'show' => $user_info['groups']['0'] == 9,
  ),
          'is_last' => true,
                          ),
           ),

[Sir Osis of Liver]

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'aboutus' => array(
'title' => 'About Us',
'href' => 'http://demo.blank.com/index.php?page=page1',
'show' => true,
'sub_buttons' => array(
'treaty' => array(
'title' => 'Treaty Infomation',
'href' => 'http://demo.danaxdaxw.com/index.php?page=page4805',
'show' => $user_info['groups']['0'] == 1 || $user_info['groups']['0'] == 9,
'sub_buttons' => array(
'member_treaty' => array(
'title' => 'Member Treaty Info',
'href' => 'http://demo.danaxdaxw.com/index.php?page=page3634',
'show' => $user_info['groups']['0'] == 1 || $user_info['groups']['0'] == 9,
),
),
),
),
),



Careful with the brackets.

[~FS~grizz]

Thanks!

looks like its all good now,
one question on this line of code:

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'show' => $user_info['groups']['0'] == 1 || $user_info['groups']['0'] == 9,

I also found that this works, is there any potential problem?

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'show' => $user_info['groups']['0'] == 1,9,

[Sir Osis of Liver]

That's fine - actually the proper way to do it, but couldn't remember the syntax.  Either will work. 

[Arantor]

Wait, what? How is that the proper syntax? In fact, that syntax won't work properly (group 9 in the latter is NOT being checked at all) even though it won't cause any syntax issues.

The correct syntax:

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'show' => in_array(1, $user_info['groups']) || in_array(9, $user_info['groups']),

If you're being *really* clever, you can get into using array_intersect, but largely that's unnecessary.


Just in case anyone else comes along.
$user_info['groups'][0] is *usually but NOT ALWAYS* the primary group. $user_info['groups'][1] is *usually bot NOT ALWAYS* the post count group. Check the whole array rather than relying on specific quirks.

Also note that lack of use of ['0'] when [0] will suffice and is marginally faster.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Thanks, Arantor, that's why I didn't post it.  Had seen something like that in another thread and thought it was correct.  I've done it the way I originally posted, and it's always worked.  Saving your code for future reference.

[~FS~grizz]

Thanks Krash and Arantor.
I will update to this code you provided Arantor
Looks like I am good for now, until I find a new challenge in setting this up!
marking this as solved.