Move selectedPermissionsArray to helper, since it can be used by users as well

app/Helpers/Helper.php

@@ -278,4 +278,54 @@ class Helper
 
         return false;
     }
+
+    /**
+    * Walks through the permissions in the permissions config file and determines if
+    * permissions are granted based on a $selected_arr array.
+    *
+    * The $permissions array is a multidimensional array broke down by section.
+    * (Licenses, Assets, etc)
+    *
+    * The $selected_arr should be a flattened array that contains just the
+    * corresponding permission name and a true or false boolean to determine
+    * if that group/user has been granted that permission.
+    *
+    * @author [A. Gianotto] [<snipe@snipe.net]
+    * @param array $permissions
+    * @param array $selected_arr
+    * @since [v1.0]
+    * @return Array
+    */
+    public static function selectedPermissionsArray($permissions, $selected_arr = array())
+    {
+
+        $permissions_arr = array();
+
+        foreach ($permissions as $permission) {
+
+            for ($x = 0; $x < count($permission); $x++) {
+                $permission_name = $permission[$x]['permission'];
+
+                if ($permission[$x]['display'] === true) {
+
+                    if ($selected_arr) {
+                        if (array_key_exists($permission_name,$selected_arr)) {
+                            $permissions_arr[$permission_name] = ($selected_arr[$permission_name] === 1) ? '1': '0';
+                        } else {
+                            $permissions_arr[$permission_name] = 'bum';
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        $permissions_arr[$permission_name] = 'hodor';
+                    }
+                }
+
+
+            }
+
+
+        }
+
+        return $permissions_arr;
+    }
+
 }