Usergroup bitfield permissions - conflict issue ?

[cinq]

I need some help trying to figure this out.

I use the following in my includes/init.php for my hack :

PHP Code:

$_BITFIELD['usergroup']['[b]vbarticlespermissions[/b]'] = array(
    'canviewarticles'        => 1,
    'cansubmitarticles'        => 2,
    'cancommentonarticles'        => 4,
    'canratearticles'             => 8,
    'caneditdelowncomments'            => 16
); 


If there are other bitfields further up/down in the init.php file with a similar bitfield name, say 'canviewarticles'

PHP Code:

$_BITFIELD['usergroup']['[b]notvbarticlepermissions[/b]'] = array(
    'canviewarticles'        => 1
); 


There shouldn't be any conflict, since the names of the array is different, right ? ( note the parts in bold in both code segments above )
Or am I mistaken, because it seems it does matter. ( the bitfield name )
Any help would be most appreciated

[deathemperor]

no, it won't conflict until the array name is not the same. (and hehe, you can't bold anything in [php])

this is simple but why wouldn't you try it before asked ^^ ?

[cinq]

Like i said, it seems it does matter ( because I tried it )

Now I am wondering, why should it ??

[Marco van Herwaarden]

It does matter. All bitfield permissions are automatically set during init. In the init these are still 2 different permissions, but both are set to be used as 'CANVIEWARTICLES'. This means you could still test against the array if you have permissions, but you can't use CANVIEWARTICLES anymore.

[cinq]

So we're saying that such an if conditional in the template :

<if condition="$permissions['vbarticlespermissions'] & CANVIEWARTICLES">

won't take the permissions from my vbarticlespermissions, because there is a confusion with another permissions array ?

Very odd isn't it, then why bother putting them in their own groups in the first place ??

[cinq]

anyone ?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

They are put in their own groups because each group is stored as a seperate column in the database.

Putting them all together would require huge permission values.