subusers->where('user_id', $user->id)->first(); if (!$subuser || empty($permission)) { return false; } return in_array($permission, $subuser->permissions); } /** * Runs before any of the functions are called. Used to determine if user is root admin, if so, ignore permissions. * * @param string $ability * * @return bool */ public function before(User $user, $ability, Server $server) { if ($user->root_admin || $server->owner_id === $user->id) { return true; } return $this->checkPermission($user, $server, $ability); } /** * This is a horrendous hack to avoid Laravel's "smart" behavior that does * not call the before() function if there isn't a function matching the * policy permission. * * @param string $name * @param mixed $arguments */ public function __call($name, $arguments) { // do nothing } }