Modify hard-coded conditionals for roles to custom roles

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Hopefully this makes sense. I’m still learning.

There is a function in a plugin I’m developing that I want to modify to recognize custom roles.

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My function works when it is hard-coded to accept administrator, editor, author, contributor, and subscriber. However, I’m stuck on modifying the conditional to accept all editable roles.

Here is the working code (but hard-coded): 

    if ( $current_user->data->wp_capabilities['administrator'] ) {
        $role = 'administrator';
    } elseif ( $current_user->data->wp_capabilities['editor'] ) {
        $role = 'editor';
    } elseif ( $current_user->data->wp_capabilities['author'] ) {
        $role = 'author';
    } elseif ( $current_user->data->wp_capabilities['contributor'] ) {
        $role = 'contributor';
    } elseif ( $current_user->data->wp_capabilities['subscriber'] ) {
        $role = 'subscriber';
    }

    if ( isset( $role ) ) {
        /* If they are an admin then we grant them all permissions that they ask for */
        if ( $current_user->data->wp_capabilities['administrator'] ) {
            foreach ( $new_caps as $new_cap ) {
                $capabilities[ $new_cap ] = true;
            }
            $user->add_role( $role );
        } /* Otherwise lets check if their role deserves that capability    */
        else {
            foreach ( $new_caps as $new_cap ) {
                if ( $wp_roles->get_role( $role )->has_cap( $new_cap ) ) {
                    $capabilities[ $new_cap ] = true;
                    $user->add_role( $role );
                }
            }
        }
    }

Instead of if … administrator then assign role …. it should be a variable.

I’m guessing but somehow editable roles should be available (?) such as the following. 

    $all_roles = $wp_roles->roles;

    $editable_roles = apply_filters('editable_roles', $all_roles);

Can someone help me out and suggest how to rewrite the conditional so it is not hard-coded?

Thank you.

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  1. First, your check code works, and takes this pattern:

    if ( $current_user->data->wp_capabilities['hardcoded role name'] ) {
    $role = 'hardcoded role name';
}

    So lets swap the hardcoded role string out for a variable called $role_name ( you could call it something else if you want ). The check for a role name is now:

    if ( $current_user->data->wp_capabilities[$role_name] ) {
    $role = $role_name;
}

    But we need to check more than one role, so, lets make a list of the roles to check

    $roles_to_check = array(
    'administrator',
    'editor',
    'author',
    'contributor',
    'subscriber'
);

    Then check each role in our list

    foreach ( $roles_to_check as $role_name ) {
    .. do the check ..
}

    So far everything we’ve done has been standard programming, with very little PHP specific knowledge. I recommend you take a good look at for loops and arrays as your question indicates a lack of knowledge or confidence in these areas.

    But we’re not finished. You want to be able to handle any arbitrary role!

    So lets start with get_editable_roles(). This will give us an array of roles, but we can’t swap out the array from above without a slight modification.

    $roles = get_editable_roles();
foreach ( $roles as $role_name => $role_info ) {
    .. do our check ..
}

    In your case however you want the roles of a specific user, so going back to your original check, you use this array:

    $current_user->data->wp_capabilities

    so if we do this for our loop:

    foreach ( $current_user->data->wp_capabilities as $role_name => $capability ) {

    You should be able to do what you desire