Creating new permissions dynamically

[KipchirchirIan]

Qn 1: How do I create new permissions dynamically without adding it directly in the AuthGroups.php file?
I have tried several ways e.g.

// Example 1
$permissions = [
            'users.verify' => 'Can verify users',
  ];
setting('AuthGroups.permissions', $permissions);

// Example 2
setting('AuthGroups.permissions')[] = $permissions;

I have looked into Bonfire project as answered in discussion #448 and it helped me a lot with other areas however, I found very little info to do with permissions.

NOTE: Example 1 works but it overwrites whatever I had added before when I run it the 2nd time.

Qn 2: For some reason, I am unable to add permissions that are listed in the AuthGroups.php file to the currently logged in user and I get CodeIgniter\Shield\Authorization\AuthorizationException when I try it. See the code below:

auth()->user()->addPermission('users.create');

This works when I create permissions with Example 1 code above and I add the newly created permission to the user.

I guess I am missing something in the 2 problems above or I'm just exhausted. I'll appreciate if anyone helps me point them out.

Edit:
Sorry, had to mention some people to get answers. Cc @lonnieezell @kenjis @MGatner

Codeigniter 4 version: 4.2.7
Codeigniter 4 shield version: dev-develop

[grisinformatica]

Hi, didn't test it but I think you you should use Settings methods get() and set().

[KipchirchirIan]

I think example 1 is a shorthand way of set().

[grisinformatica]

Correct, using the helper. My mistake.

[KipchirchirIan]

For Qn 1: A solution that seems like a hack or a roundabout way of doing it would be:

$newPermissions = [
        'users.verify' => 'Can verify users',
  ];

// 1. Retrieve all permissions
$existingPermissions = setting()->get('AuthGroups.permissions');

// 2. Merge the two arrays containing existing permissions and new permissions
$permissions = array_merge($existingPermissions, $newPermissions);

// 3. Reset the new permissions again
setting()->set('AuthGroups.permissions', $permissions);

I'll appreciate any feedback or other solutions on this.