Permissions for guests

[kibcode]

PHP Version

8.1

CodeIgniter4 Version

4.3.5

Shield Version

1.0.0-beta.7

Which operating systems have you tested for this bug?

Windows, Linux

Which server did you use?

apache

Database

MySQL

Did you customize Shield?

No

What happened?

When i want to check permissions with can() and the user is not logged in shield produces an error. I always have to check with loggedIn() before using can().

Steps to Reproduce

Try to get a permission for guests.

Expected Output

can() should return false if a user is not logged in. It would also be nice to handle guests as a usergroup so users not logged in can have permissions too.

Anything else?

No response

[kibcode]

Is there a good workaround i have missed so far?

[kenjis]

This is not a bug.

can() is a method in User.
https://codeigniter4.github.io/shield/authorization/#can

When the user is not logged in, auth()->user() returns null.
So you cannot call can().

[kibcode]

thanks for clearifying. yes, i know its not directly a bug and i got why it doesnt work but its an issue for me. lets say i have an items comment cell and want to disallow specific usergroups to view that cell and also disallow it for guest. that means i have to call loggedIn() every time before can(). is that correct or is there a better practice?