Disabling WordPress Menus for Certain User(s)

disabling-wordpress-menus

/**
/* Add to functions.php
/* In this case the user has an id of "2" 
 */
function remove_menu_items() {
  if (!(wp_get_current_user()->id == 2))
                return;
  global $menu;

  $restricted = array(__('Links'), __('Comments'), __('Media'),
  __('Plugins'), __('Tools'), __('Users'), __('Settings'), __('Appearance'), __('Options'));

  foreach ($menu as $key => $category) {
      foreach ($restricted as $restrictedName) {
          if ((substr_count($category[0], $restrictedName) > 0)) { unset($menu[$key]); }
      }
  }
}
add_action('admin_menu', 'remove_menu_items');

This implementation is a rip of http://www.wprecipes.com/how-to-remove-menus-in-wordpress-dashboard ... but it fixes two bugs: disabling wasnt working on menu names lacking spaces, nor was it working if one of the restricted menus happened to be the last in the array.