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+<?php
+/*
+	FusionPBX
+	Version: MPL 1.1
+
+	The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
+	1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+	the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+	http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
+
+	Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
+	WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
+	for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
+	License.
+
+	The Original Code is FusionPBX
+
+	The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
+	Mark J Crane <markjcrane@fusionpbx.com>
+	Copyright (C) 2015	All Rights Reserved.
+
+*/
+
+/**
+ * permission class
+ * 
+ * @method string add
+ * @method string delete
+ * @method string exists
+ */
+	if (!class_exists('permissions')) {
+		class permissions {
+
+				/**
+				 * Add a permission
+				 * @var string $permission		the permission name
+				 */
+				public function add($permission) {
+					if (!$this->exists($permission)) {
+						//set the ordinal number
+							$i = count($_SESSION["permissions"])+1;
+
+						//set the permission
+							$_SESSION["permissions"][$i]["permission_name"] = $permission;
+					}
+				}
+
+				/**
+				 * Remove the permission
+				 * @var string $permission		the permission name
+				 */
+				public function delete($permission) {
+					if (!$this->exists($permission)) {
+						//$x = 0;
+						foreach($_SESSION["permissions"] as &$row) {
+							if ($row['permission_name'] == $permission) {
+								unset($row);
+								//unset($_SESSION["permissions"][$x]);
+								break;
+							}
+							//$x++;
+						}
+					}
+				}
+
+				/**
+				 * Check to see if the permission exists
+				 * @var string $permission		the permission name
+				 */
+				function exists($permission) {
+					//set default false
+						$result = false;
+					//search for the permission
+						if (count($_SESSION["permissions"]) > 0) {
+							foreach($_SESSION["permissions"] as $row) {
+								if ($row['permission_name'] == $permission) {
+									$result = true;
+									break;
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					//return the result
+						return $result;
+				}
+		}
+	}
+
+	//examples
+		/*
+		//add the permission
+			$p = new permissions;
+			$p->add($permission);
+		//delete the permission
+			$p = new permissions;
+			$p->delete($permission);
+		*/
+
+?>
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