I'm writing a block that I only want displayed to Teachers (and high roles).
I'm struggling to find a solution. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Mike
This is a quick reply off the top of my head, with a reference this page: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Blocks
but what you probably want to do is:
1. define a capability for viewing your block
('block/blockname:view') & set the default to be true for teachers (have a look at an example in any plugin - look for db/access.php ).
2. Set the title to null and the content to null, when the user does not have that capability
(this should stop it displaying).
I may have got that a bit wrong, but hopefully that gives you a direction to start in.
EDIT: See also here: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Blocks/Appendix_A#get_content.28.29
but what you probably want to do is:
1. define a capability for viewing your block
('block/blockname:view') & set the default to be true for teachers (have a look at an example in any plugin - look for db/access.php ).
2. Set the title to null and the content to null, when the user does not have that capability
(this should stop it displaying).
I may have got that a bit wrong, but hopefully that gives you a direction to start in.
EDIT: See also here: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Blocks/Appendix_A#get_content.28.29
Made loads more sense once I'd had a look at the db/access.php file and how it links to the capabilities.
Cheers for your help. Much appreciated.