[SOLVED] hide pdf button in user group

[elmarra]

Hi everyone. I need to hide the pdf or print button from the "registered" user group in detail view and register it only for administrators. is there a way to be able to do this?

 

[troester]

You can use a custom template.

But keep in mind: If the user can view the record he can always also create a PDF (if he knows how to edit the URL). There's no different access right.

 

[elmarra]

Do you intend to use a custom template for front end side and a back end side?
Because I don't believe in front-end I can use two different templates based on the access group.
As for the link and creating the pdf is not a problem, the user will not know how to extract the pdf from the link.

 

[troester]

Do you intend to use a custom template for front end side and a back end side?

No. Create one custom template and modify default_buttons.php by adding a condition to the PDF button.

 

[elmarra]

No. Create one custom template and modify default_buttons.php by adding a condition to the PDF button.

Ah OK! do you mean to create a condition to show or hide the button based on the access level?
I find a cue somewhere to be able to change the button?

 

[lousyfool]

Look here: https://docs.joomla.org/Accessing_the_current_user_object
With this information you can wrap the PDF button into few lines of PHP to conditionally show or not.

 

[Trembowiecki]

I use something like:

$user = JFactory::getUser();

if (in_array(number, $user->groups)) {
//the button code
}

where 'number' is the ID of group that will have access to the button

 

[elmarra]

I use something like:

$user = JFactory::getUser();

if (in_array(number, $user->groups)) {
//the button code
}

where 'number' is the ID of group that will have access to the button

This is great and works perfectly.
But if I set the "customer" group id only with the customer group I can see and not with a super user.
is it possible to enter two group ids?
Or do it the other way around. ie hide only to a group id?

 

[Trembowiecki]

The easiest way is to modify 'if' line:

if (in_array(number, $user->groups) || in_array(othernumber, $user->groups)) {

 

[elmarra]

Thank you very much for your help.
It works perfectly.
Thanks