gistfile1.php

class userModel extends userDefinition{

  public function hasPermission($permId) {

    //setup initial return vars
    $roleHasPermission = false;
    $userHasPermission = false;

    //if we weren't passed a specific permission Id
    //lets look it up
    $perm = new permissionModel();
    if(!is_int($permId)) {
      $perm->key = $permId;
    }
    else {
      $perm->id = $permId;
    }

    //if we can't load it, they certainly don't 
    //have permission!
    if(!$perm->load()) {
      return false;
    }

    //see if their role(s) has the permission
    $roles = userRoleModel::getUserRoles($this->id);
    foreach($roles as $role) {
      
      /*************/
      //$perm->id here is passing in as a string
      /*************/
      if($role->hasPermission($perm->id)) {
        $roleHasPermission = true;
      }
    }

/***** more code below ***/