Changeset 34224 for trunk/src/wp-includes/class-wp-user.php

Timestamp:

09/16/2015 07:35:37 AM (9 years ago)

Author:

DrewAPicture

Message:

Docs: Add documentation for $object_id, the optional second parameter in current_user_can() and WP_User::has_cap(), and the optional third parameter in map_meta_cap().

This change introduces the vernacular of "meta" vs "primitive" capabilities to core docs, and providing examples for each inline and attempts to make it clear that $object_id is really only useful if the passed $capability is of the meta cap variety.

Props jliman for the initial patch.
Fixes #32694.

File:

• trunk/src/wp-includes/class-wp-user.php (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/wp-includes/class-wp-user.php

@@ -635 +635 @@
      * Whether user has capability or role name.
      *
-     * This is useful for looking up whether the user has a specific role
-     * assigned to the user. The second optional parameter can also be used to
-     * check for capabilities against a specific object, such as a post or user.
-     *
-     * @since 2.0.0
-     * @access public
-     *
-     * @param string|int $cap Capability or role name to search.
-     * @return bool True, if user has capability; false, if user does not have capability.
+     * While checking against particular roles in place of a capability is supported
+     * in part, this practice is discouraged as it may produce unreliable results.
+     *
+     * @since 2.0.0
+     * @access public
+     *
+     * @see map_meta_cap()
+     *
+     * @param string $cap       Capability name.
+     * @param int    $object_id Optional. ID of the specific object to check against if `$cap` is a "meta" cap.
+     *                          "Meta" capabilities, e.g. 'edit_post', 'edit_user', etc., are capabilities used
+     *                          by map_meta_cap() to map to other "primitive" capabilities, e.g. 'edit_posts',
+     *                          'edit_others_posts', etc. The parameter is accessed via func_get_args() and passed
+     *                          to map_meta_cap().
+     * @return bool Whether the current user has the given capability. If `$cap` is a meta cap and `$object_id` is
+     *              passed, whether the current user has the given meta capability for the given object.
      */
     public function has_cap( $cap ) {