/**
* Get system roles
*
* This function is used to get all the roles in the system
* It returns an array where keys are the role ids and values are:
* - Either the role basic user types, if $getNames is false (the default)
* - or the role Names if $getNames is true
* The array is prepended with the 3 main roles, 'administrator', 'professor' and 'student'
* <br/>Example:
* <code>
* $roles = EfrontUser :: getRoles();
* </code>
*
* @param boolean $getNames Whether to return id/basic user type pairs or id/name pairs
* @return array The system roles
* @since 3.5.0
* @access public
* @static
*/
public static function getRoles($getNames = false)
{
//Cache results in self :: $userRoles
if (is_null(self::$userRoles)) {
$roles = eF_getTableDataFlat("user_types", "*", "active=1");
//Get available roles
self::$userRoles = $roles;
} else {
$roles = self::$userRoles;
}
if (sizeof($roles) > 0) {
$getNames ? $roles = self::$basicUserTypesTranslations + array_combine($roles['id'], $roles['name']) : ($roles = array_combine(self::$basicUserTypes, self::$basicUserTypes) + array_combine($roles['id'], $roles['basic_user_type']));
} else {
$getNames ? $roles = self::$basicUserTypesTranslations : ($roles = array_combine(self::$basicUserTypes, self::$basicUserTypes));
}
return $roles;
}
