Say you created a module that has a page that only certain user roles should be able to access. If you’re not using Panels/Page Manager (which can limit per user role) and you’re using your own hook_menu item, you’ll need to come up with your own permission that will show up on /admin/people/permissions. Its good to create your custom permissions since it allows you to easily modify permissions without affected other pieces of the site.
/**
* Implements hook_menu().
*/
function mymodule_menu() {
$items = array();
$items['do-fantastic'] = array(
'title' => 'Do Something Fantastic',
'page callback' => 'mymodule_do_fantastic',
'access arguments' => array('do something fantastic'), // custom permission we created
'type' => MENU_CALLBACK,
);
return $items;
}
/**
* Implements hook_permission().
*/
function mymodule_permission() {
return array(
'do something fantastic' => array(
'title' => t('Do something fantastic!'),
'description' => t('Allow user role to do something totally awesome'),
),
);
}
This will create a custom user permission on the permissions page called ‘Do something fantastic!’. Just click on the roles that should have access and now your page is limited to those roles.
