Can usergroup permissions be evaluated in a plugin?

[CyberRanger]

$permissions['myhackpermissions'] & $vbulletin->bf_ugp['myhackpermissions']['canfoo']


I'm trying to use this format in a plugin to decide if a condition should be set or not. But, the usergroup permission always returns false. Can you do this in a plugin or is the plugin evaluated before the usergroup permissions?

The plugin's Hook Location is: editor_toolbar_start

The basic plugin is:

if (($permissions['myhackpermissions'] & $vbulletin->bf_ugp['myhackpermissions']['canfoo']))
{

$show['img_bbcode']= true;
}

Yes, they can!

I needed to add:

global $permissions;

to the top of my plugin.