Internal helper function; Create a role with specified permissions.

Parameters

$permissions: Array of permission names to assign to role.

$name: (optional) String for the name of the role. Defaults to a random string.

Return value

Role ID of newly created role, or FALSE if role creation failed.

File

drupal-7.x/modules/simpletest/drupal_web_test_case.php, line 1157

Class

DrupalWebTestCase

Test case for typical Drupal tests.

Code

protected function drupalCreateRole(array $permissions, $name = NULL) {
  // Generate random name if it was not passed.
  if (!$name) {
    $name = $this->randomName();
  }

  // Check the all the permissions strings are valid.
  if (!$this->checkPermissions($permissions)) {
    return FALSE;
  }

  // Create new role.
  $role = new stdClass();
  $role->name = $name;
  user_role_save($role);
  user_role_grant_permissions($role->rid, $permissions);

  $this->assertTrue(isset($role->rid), t('Created role of name: @name, id: @rid', array('@name' => $name, '@rid' => (isset($role->rid) ? $role->rid : t('-n/a-')))), t('Role'));
  if ($role && !empty($role->rid)) {
    $count = db_query('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {role_permission} WHERE rid = :rid', array(':rid' => $role->rid))->fetchField();
    $this->assertTrue($count == count($permissions), t('Created permissions: @perms', array('@perms' => implode(', ', $permissions))), t('Role'));
    return $role->rid;
  }
  else {
    return FALSE;
  }
}