How to write my very own Smarty If-case

Question

I am writing my own administration and, off course I am using Smarty. Now, what I would like to do is to add a access check function much similar to the {if} tag.

What I would like to write is:

{userAccess module='MyModule' action='WriteMessage'}
Yeey.. I can write something. My name is {$myName}.
{/userAccess}

but I can't figure out how to. Can someone please point me into the right direction? Also, if possible adding and {else} to it. So the code would be:

{userAccess module='MyModule' action='WriteMessage'}
Yeey.. I can write something. My name is {$myName}.
{else}
Nooo.. :( I don't have access.
{/userAccess}

Answer 1

I solved it creating my own "internal" function for smarty. This might not be the way Smarty intended it to be used, but it sure works for me... which is the most important thing for me.

This is my end result:

<?php
/**
 * Smarty Internal Plugin Compile UserAccess
 * 
 * Compiles the {useraccess} {useraccesselse} {/useraccess} tags
 * 
 * @package Smarty
 * @subpackage Compiler
 * @author Paul Peelen
 */

/**
 * Smarty Internal Plugin Compile useraccess Class
 */
class Smarty_Internal_Compile_useraccess extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase {
    // attribute definitions
    public $required_attributes = array('module', 'action');
    public $optional_attributes = array('userid');                  // Not yet implemented
    public $shorttag_order = array('module','action','userid');

    /**
     * Compiles code for the {useraccess} tag
     * 
     * @param array $args array with attributes module parser
     * @param object $compiler compiler object
     * @param array $parameter array with compilation parameter
     * @return string compiled code
     */
    public function compile($args, $compiler, $parameter)
    {
        $this->compiler = $compiler;
        $tpl = $compiler->template; 
        // check and get attributes
        $_attr = $this->_get_attributes($args);

        $module = $_attr['module'];
        $action = $_attr['action'];

        if (!is_string($module) || !is_string($action))
        {
            exit ("ERROR");
        }

        $this->_open_tag('useraccess', array('useraccess', $this->compiler->nocache, $module, $action));
        $this->compiler->nocache = $this->compiler->nocache | $this->compiler->tag_nocache;

        $output = "<?php ";
        $output .= "\$oAuth = \$GLOBALS['oAuth'];\n";
        $output .= " \$_smarty_tpl->tpl_vars[$module] = new Smarty_Variable;\n";
        $compiler->local_var[$module] = true;

        $output .= " \$_smarty_tpl->tpl_vars[$action] = new Smarty_Variable;\n";
        $compiler->local_var[$action] = true;

        $output .= "if (\$oAuth->getUserSubRights($action,$module)) {";
        $output .= "?>";

        return $output;
    } 
} 

/**
 * Smarty Internal Plugin Compile UserAccessElse Class
 */
class Smarty_Internal_Compile_UserAccessElse extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase {
    /**
     * Compiles code for the {useraccesselse} tag
     * 
     * @param array $args array with attributes module parser
     * @param object $compiler compiler object
     * @param array $parameter array with compilation parameter
     * @return string compiled code
     */
    public function compile($args, $compiler, $parameter)
    {
        $this->compiler = $compiler; 
        // check and get attributes
        $_attr = $this->_get_attributes($args);

        list($_open_tag, $nocache, $item, $key) = $this->_close_tag(array('useraccess'));
        $this->_open_tag('useraccesselse', array('useraccesselse', $nocache, $item, $key));

        return "<?php } else { ?>";
    } 
} 

/**
 * Smarty Internal Plugin Compile UserAccessclose Class
 */
class Smarty_Internal_Compile_UserAccessclose extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase {
    /**
     * Compiles code for the {/useraccess} tag
     * 
     * @param array $args array with attributes module parser
     * @param object $compiler compiler object
     * @param array $parameter array with compilation parameter
     * @return string compiled code
     */
    public function compile($args, $compiler, $parameter)
    {
        $this->compiler = $compiler; 
        // check and get attributes
        $_attr = $this->_get_attributes($args); 
        // must endblock be nocache?
        if ($this->compiler->nocache) {
            $this->compiler->tag_nocache = true;
        } 

        list($_open_tag, $this->compiler->nocache, $item, $key) = $this->_close_tag(array('useraccess', 'useraccesselse'));
        unset($compiler->local_var[$item]);
        if ($key != null) {
            unset($compiler->local_var[$key]);
        } 

        return "<?php } ?>";
    } 
} 

I hope this helps anybody who has this problem in the future.