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WP_REST_Terms_Controller::create_item_permissions_check()

WP_REST_Terms_Controller::create_item_permissions_check( WP_REST_Request $request ): bool|WP_Error

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Checks if a request has access to create a term.

Parameters

$requestWP_REST_Requestrequired
Full details about the request.

Return

bool|WP_Error True if the request has access to create items, otherwise false or WP_Error object.

Source

public function create_item_permissions_check( $request ) {

	if ( ! $this->check_is_taxonomy_allowed( $this->taxonomy ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	$taxonomy_obj = get_taxonomy( $this->taxonomy );

	if ( ( is_taxonomy_hierarchical( $this->taxonomy )
			&& ! current_user_can( $taxonomy_obj->cap->edit_terms ) )
		|| ( ! is_taxonomy_hierarchical( $this->taxonomy )
			&& ! current_user_can( $taxonomy_obj->cap->assign_terms ) ) ) {
		return new WP_Error(
			'rest_cannot_create',
			__( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to create terms in this taxonomy.' ),
			array( 'status' => rest_authorization_required_code() )
		);
	}

	return true;
}

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UsesDescription
WP_REST_Terms_Controller::check_is_taxonomy_allowed()wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-terms-controller.php

Checks that the taxonomy is valid.

is_taxonomy_hierarchical()wp-includes/taxonomy.php

Determines whether the taxonomy object is hierarchical.

rest_authorization_required_code()wp-includes/rest-api.php

Returns a contextual HTTP error code for authorization failure.

current_user_can()wp-includes/capabilities.php

Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.

get_taxonomy()wp-includes/taxonomy.php

Retrieves the taxonomy object of $taxonomy.

WP_Error::__construct()wp-includes/class-wp-error.php

Initializes the error.

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VersionDescription
4.7.0Introduced.

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