yannicOriginal post
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Hey, I just want to update the permission of a document in PHP for a user to for example read. How do I do that? I cant get it to work. My current solution is this: ```$databaseId = 'games';
$collectionId = 'pool';
$documentId = $_GET['document_id'] ?? null;
$userId = $_GET['user_id'] ?? null;
$database = new Databases($client);
try {
// Retrieve the existing document
$document = $database->getDocument($databaseId, $collectionId, $documentId);
print_r($document);
$readPermissions = $document['$permissions']['read'] ?? [];
// Add the user to the read permissions if not already present
if (!in_array("user:$userId", $readPermissions)) {
$readPermissions[] = "user:$userId";
}
// Update the document with the new read permissions
$result = $database->updateDocument($databaseId, $collectionId, $documentId, $document, $readPermissions);
echo "Document updated successfully.";
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo "Error updating document: " . $e->getMessage();
}```
Summary
The user is trying to update the permission of a document in PHP. They are retrieving the existing document and trying to add the user to the read permissions. However, they are encountering an error saying "Invalid permissions: Every permission must be of type string."
A suggestion is made to check the value of `$document['$permissions']` and refer to the Appwrite documentation on permissions. It is also recommended to add the user to the `['read']` part of the array.
To resolve the issue, the user needs to ensure that they have included the line `use Appwrite\Models\Permission;` and use `Permission