If you want allow/restrict some functionality in your applications you can use the function sumo_verify_permissions(). This function verify permissions of current user also considering right hierarchy of users and groups (for es. administrators).



sumo_verify_permissions($level, $group, $user)

• $level    Accept numbers from 1 to 7
• $group  Accept string or array
• $user    Accept string

This function return true if all required conditions are satisfied, otherwise return false.

Some examples below:

• Restrict to a specific level of a group.
  In this example only users of group "group1" with access level >= 3 can execute the restricted functionality:
  
  

  if( sumo_verify_permissions(3, "group1") ) 
  {
          # restricted functionality
  }
  

  
  
  
• Restrict to a specific groups.
  In this example only members of groups: group1, group2 and group3 with any access levels can execute the restricted functionality:
  
  

  $groups = array("group1", "group2", "group3");
  
  if( sumo_verify_permissions(FALSE, $groups) ) 
  {
          # restricted functionality
  }
  

  
  
  
• Restrict to a specific user.
  In this example only user "username" can execute the restricted functionality, no group or access level is required:
  
  

  if( sumo_verify_permissions(FALSE, FALSE, "username") )) 
  {
          # restricted functionality
  }