how to dynamically remove all edit and delete functionality of a page - php

Question

I have split up my code into part 1 , part 2, and part 3
part 1 and 2 are working just fine... they are checking post types and scanning for metadata
Its only Part 3 that I am completely missing the bill
/*remove Edit Trash, and quickedit of pages with specific metavalues for certain roles
*/
add_filter( 'page_row_actions', 'remove_page_row_actions', 10, 2 ); // 2, not 1
add_filter( 'post_row_actions', 'remove_page_row_actions', 10, 2 ); // 2, not 1
// pass $post object as second argument.
function remove_page_row_actions( $actions, $post ) {
//PART 1 SPECIFY USERS
global $current_user;
get_currentuserinfo();
if(
(
//specify roles except administrator (but you need to add child roles based off administrator ex. adminsub)
(
!current_user_can('administrator')
||
current_user_can('adminsub')
)
||
// specify a list of role(s)
(
current_user_can('adminsub')
||
current_user_can('author')
)
)
)
{
// PART 2 SEARCH WHICH TYPES OF POSTS TO GET A SPECIFIC METADATA FROM
$post_types_affected = array('page' , 'post'); // I ADDED POST HERE STILL WORKS
// print_r($post_types_affected); // use this to see which posts are affected
//only get post IDs for a metavalue which has ALL of the following EXACT values (I changed it to just 1)
//$array_of_values_to_match = array( '1', '1', '1' );
$array_of_values_to_match = array( 1 );
$metakey_to_match = 'checkboxmeta1';
$args = array(
'post_type' => get_post_types(),
'meta_query' => array(),
'numberposts' => -1,
);
// if there's more than 1 value, add the relation arg
if( 1 < count( $array_of_values_to_match ) ){
$args['meta_query']['relation'] = 'AND';
}
// for each of the array values, add a meta query for that value
foreach( $array_of_values_to_match as $val ){
$args['meta_query'][] = array(
'key' => $metakey_to_match,
'value' => $val,
'compare' => '='
);
}
$postlistarray = get_posts( $args );
//end of function which an array or post arrays which each contain a post ID and a metakey of 1
//must create an array column, becuase that is what $x = array(111,212) does
$post_ids_affected = array_column($postlistarray, 'ID');
//PART 3 check array_column for post IDs, and remove functionality below from posts which had the metadata
if ( in_array( $post->post_type, $post_types_affected )
&& in_array( $post->ID, $post_ids_affected ) ) {
unset( $actions['inline hide-if-no-js'] );
unset( $actions['edit'] );
unset( $actions['trash'] );
unset( $actions['pa_duplicator'] );
}
}
return $actions;
}
what I am trying to do is for these roles from 1 when interacting with posts from 2, I want to remove ALL EDIT and TRASH capabilities.
so obviously right now ive just removed some actions lol such as edit and quickedit.. but I just realized the user can just click on the page edit.php link, or even just change the url to soemthing like
https://mywebsite/wp-admin/post.php?post=2752&action=edit
or
remotely trash or edit it some other way through URL or other method..
how do I just completely remove the edit and trash capability of that role for part 3, so that its view only? and maybe view and comment moderation?
I hope I didnt waste alot of time by trying to hook into page_row_actions and post_row_actions lol... maybe I need to be putting this code into like admin_init or something but I am sort of a noob lol

Answer 1

after about 8 hours.. I realized a plugin call advanced access manager, which is free, has 2 toggle checkboxes on each page for this exactly lol.
why reinvent the wheel I Guess