restrict module to admins

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:23 pm

Id like to be able to make certain sections of my module available only to admins. Id like to be able to have a seperate checkbox on the "edit admin" page for my module, this way i can give someone access without making them admin of my entire site. Ive seen this done with a few other modules before.

So what i need from you guys is how to make that check box, and what "if statement" i have to put it my module that checks if the logged in users is an admin.

Sorry i couldnt give you any more than this, I am very new to php.

Thanks in advance!

registered · Site Admin Joined: Jun 04, 2004 Posts: 6437

I would suggest looking at existing modules (e.g. news) that allow admins to edit things directly from the module page. You could copy that logic in your custom module.

registered · Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:07 pm

Generally for 7.5 and higher, if there's an modules/MODULENAME/admin script, there will be permissions automatically for that module script. Otherwise you would need to do as the old admin scripts did - create a permission in the authors table, authors.php script, and manually configure the scripts to use said permission