Version 4 supported
This version of Silverstripe CMS is still supported though will not receive any additional features. Go to documentation for the most recent stable version.

Model-Level permissions

Models can be modified in a variety of controllers and user interfaces, all of which can implement their own security checks. Often it makes sense to centralize those checks on the model, regardless of the used controller.

The API provides four methods for this purpose: canEdit(), canCreate(), canView() and canDelete().

Since they're PHP methods, they can contain arbitrary logic matching your own requirements. They can optionally receive a $member argument, and default to the currently logged in member (through Security::getCurrentUser()).

By default, all DataObject subclasses can only be edited, created and viewed by users with the 'ADMIN' permission code.

namespace App\Model;

use SilverStripe\ORM\DataObject;
use SilverStripe\Security\Permission;

class MyDataObject extends DataObject
{
    public function canView($member = null)
    {
        return Permission::check('CMS_ACCESS_CMSMain', 'any', $member);
    }

    public function canEdit($member = null)
    {
        return Permission::check('CMS_ACCESS_CMSMain', 'any', $member);
    }

    public function canDelete($member = null)
    {
        return Permission::check('CMS_ACCESS_CMSMain', 'any', $member);
    }

    public function canCreate($member = null, $context = [])
    {
        return Permission::check('CMS_ACCESS_CMSMain', 'any', $member);
    }
}

These checks are not enforced on low-level ORM operations such as write() or delete(), but rather rely on being checked in the invoking code. The CMS default sections as well as custom interfaces like ModelAdmin or GridField already enforce these permissions.

API documentation

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