Ion Auth in_group() - multiple groups (by id)

Question

There's some strange behaviour in my application regarding the Ion Auth in_group function.

My authenticated user is part of group 2. When I execute the code $this->ion_auth->in_group(2)?'success':'fail'; the result is 'success' which is the expected result.

Passing an array like $this->ion_auth->in_group(2,4,5)?'success':'fail';, $this->ion_auth->in_group(array(2,4,5))?'success':'fail'; or $this->ion_auth->in_group($group_ids)?'success':'fail'; will always result in 'fail', which is not expected.

I can confirm that $group_ids is structured correctly:

Array
(
    [0] => 2
    [1] => 4
    [2] => 5
)

As the Ion Auth documentation explains: TRUE if the user is in any of the given groups, FALSE otherwise. What might I be doing wrong?

Used Ion Auth version: 2.5.2

As a current work around (I don't want hardcoded groups), I'm using $this->ion_auth->in_group('order')?'success':'fail'; as my database is looking like this:

INSERT INTO user_groups(id, name, description, can_order)
VALUES(1,'admin','admin',0),
    (2,'order','internal',1),(3,'controller','controller',0),
    (4,'order','external 1',1),(5,'order','external 2',1)

Answer 1

Try using the latest Ion Auth code from the “2” branch in Github. There was a bug fix to the in group functionality a couple months ago, it might be related.