public static function group_has_role($module, $role) { // User with id 1 should be administrator if (self::$user->id == 1) { return true; } // Get the user Group if (!isset(self::$user->group_id)) { return false; } self::$user_group = \Groups\Model\Group::find(self::$user->group_id); if (!isset(self::$user_group) or empty(self::$user_group)) { //Group was not found return false; } if (self::$user_group->slug == 'admin') { // this is an administrator return true; } $permission = Permission::where_group_id(self::$user->group->id)->where_module_name($module)->first(); if (!isset($permission) or empty($permission)) { // The role is not even in the permissions table return false; } $roles = json_decode($permission->roles, true); if (!isset($roles) or empty($roles)) { //failed to decode json from permissions table return false; } return $find_role = array_filter($roles, function ($roles) use($role) { if ($roles['slug'] == $role and $roles['value'] == true) { return true; } return false; }); }