How to set a permission using drupal ACL?

Question

I am developing an extension. I want to provide permissions using drupal.

I am using following hook for creating a permission

hook_civicrm_permission(&$permissions);

But, how to do that (means can view or edit some custom data)? Please suggest some similar extensions.

Answer 1

There is a example and information on the hook here. Throw the hook into your custom module and it should work. The below example includes a version check that you likely won't need.

function civimonitor_civicrm_permission(&$permissions) {
  $version = CRM_Utils_System::version();
  if (version_compare($version, '4.6.1') >= 0) {
    $permissions += array(
      'access CiviMonitor' => array(
        ts('Access CiviMonitor', array('domain' => 'com.aghstrategies.civimonitor')),
        ts('Grants the necessary API permissions for a monitoring user without Administer CiviCRM', array('domain' => 'com.aghstrategies.civimonitor')),
      ),
    );
  }
  else {
    $permissions += array(
      'access CiviMonitor' => ts('Access CiviMonitor', array('domain' => 'com.aghstrategies.civimonitor')),
    );
  }
}