Merge commit 'origin/testing' into 0.9.x

Conflicts:
	lib/action.php
	lib/adminpanelaction.php

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/classes/Profile_role.php b/classes/Profile_role.php
index bf2c453ed..d0a0b31f0 100644
--- a/classes/Profile_role.php
+++ b/classes/Profile_role.php
@@ -53,4 +53,21 @@ class Profile_role extends Memcached_DataObject
     const ADMINISTRATOR = 'administrator';
     const SANDBOXED     = 'sandboxed';
     const SILENCED      = 'silenced';
+
+    public static function isValid($role)
+    {
+        // @fixme could probably pull this from class constants
+        $known = array(self::OWNER,
+                       self::MODERATOR,
+                       self::ADMINISTRATOR,
+                       self::SANDBOXED,
+                       self::SILENCED);
+        return in_array($role, $known);
+    }
+
+    public static function isSettable($role)
+    {
+        $allowedRoles = array('administrator', 'moderator');
+        return self::isValid($role) && in_array($role, $allowedRoles);
+    }
 }