WordPress: if user is in array

Question

I'm trying to find out whether the current user is in the allowed list and if so let them view the page. If not then deny them the page. Because the user may be in two user levels I am adding them to an array and then checking it against an array of allowed users.

This is the code i'm using in the page.php file:

// Check the category and whether it is a child of 5
foreach((get_the_category()) as $childcat) {
  if (cat_is_ancestor_of(5, $childcat)) { 

            // define arrays
    $inRoles = array();
    $allowedToAccess = array('administrator','gold','pmpro_role_4');

            // Check if user is logged in and get role
    if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
        $user = new WP_User( $user_ID );
        if ( !empty( $user->roles ) && is_array( $user->roles ) ) {
            foreach ( $user->roles as $role ) {

                // Add current roles to their roles array
                array_push($inRoles, $role);            

                var_dump($inRoles);


                 // check if role(s) is/are allowed
                if (in_array($inRoles, $allowedToAccess)) {
                    echo "Yes, You are ALLOWED TO ACCESS THIS PAGE";
                } else {
                    echo "Nope, you can not access this page";  
                }
            }
        }
    }
  }
}

The var_dumpthat you can see there outputs this:

array(1) { [0]=> string(13) "administrator" }

so, as you can see the user is an administrator. However, for some reason the output on the page is:

Nope, you can not access this page

Can anyone see why this is?

Vishal Sharma · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-12 12:54:45Z

2

Try this out

// Check the category and whether it is a child of 5
foreach((get_the_category()) as $childcat) {
if (cat_is_ancestor_of(5, $childcat)) { 

        // define arrays
$inRoles = array();
$allowedToAccess = array('administrator','gold','pmpro_role_4');

        // Check if user is logged in and get role
 if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
    $user = new WP_User( $user_ID );
    if ( !empty( $user->roles ) && is_array( $user->roles ) ) {

        foreach ( $user->roles as $role => $name ) {

            // Add current roles to their roles array
            array_push($inRoles, $name);            

            var_dump($inRoles);


             // check if role(s) is/are allowed
            if(in_array($inRoles[0],$allowedToAccess)) 
            {

               echo "Yes, You are ALLOWED TO ACCESS THIS PAGE";
            } 
          else 
            {
                echo "Nope, you can not access this page";  
            }
        }



    }
  }
 }
 }

edited May 12, 2014 at 12:54

answered May 12, 2014 at 12:26

Vishal Sharma

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4 Comments

Vishal Sharma Over a year ago

@user3596752: can you show me print_R($inRoles). which is genrated by my code

DannieCoderBoi Over a year ago

that gives: Array ( [0] => administrator )

Vishal Sharma Over a year ago

@user3596752: now try this out again

Vishal Sharma Over a year ago

@user3596752: if you don't want to use the array_intersect then use this if(in_array($inRoles[0],$allowedToAccess)) { }

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