@can and auth()->user()->can('permission name') not working

[mehdisadooni]

hi guys,
@can directive and can() method not working permission via role,
user has role and role has permissions in my app and i want check permissions via roles not roles.
Does not check the direct permissions and permissions via role.
but $user->hasAnyPermmission() method is working good.

what i can do to fix it?!

[erikn69]

laravel-permission/tests/GateTest.php

Lines 40 to 53 in 08cc9bd

	public function it_can_determine_if_a_user_has_a_permission_through_roles()
	{
	$this->testUserRole->givePermissionTo($this->testUserPermission);
	$this->testUser->assignRole($this->testUserRole);
	$this->assertTrue($this->testUser->hasPermissionTo($this->testUserPermission));
	$this->assertTrue($this->testUser->can('edit-articles'));
	$this->assertFalse($this->testUser->can('non-existing-permission'));
	$this->assertFalse($this->testUser->can('admin-permission'));
	}

[awebartisan]

I have migrated the permissions from another package to this package. So I have roles and their permissions. No direct permissions to the User.

Looked at the code inside HasPermissions trait and hasPermissionTo() method:
return $this->hasDirectPermission($permission) || $this->hasPermissionViaRole($permission);
It first checks for direct permission and then role permissions.

Inside hasDirectPermission it has this line in the end:
return $this->permissions->contains($permission->getKeyName(), $permission->getKey());

When we call @can or can() method on User instance, $this->permissions is null and throws following error:
Call to a member function contains() on null

I am sure I am missing something. Just can't see it. Any thoughts on this @erikn69 ?

[awebartisan]

Never mind. There was a property on User model. Dang it.

[erikn69]

must not have a permission or permissions property nor a permissions method