user_can() WP 1.0

Whether a particular user has a specific capability.

No Hooks.

Return

true/false. Whether the user has the given capability.

Usage

user_can( $user, $capability );

$user(int/WP_User) (required)

User ID or object.

$capability(string) (required)

Capability name.

Code of user can: wp-includes/capabilities.php ^{VER 5.1.1}

<?php
function user_can( $user, $capability ) {
	if ( ! is_object( $user ) ) {
		$user = get_userdata( $user );
	}

	if ( ! $user || ! $user->exists() ) {
		return false;
	}

	$args = array_slice( func_get_args(), 2 );
	$args = array_merge( array( $capability ), $args );

	return call_user_func_array( array( $user, 'has_cap' ), $args );
}

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