[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #48415: Calling current_user_can( 'publish_post' ) results in Notice on 5.3-RC2-46574

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#48415: Calling current_user_can( 'publish_post' ) results in Notice on
5.3-RC2-46574
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 Reporter:  johnstonphilip  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  5.3
Component:  Users           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close           |     Focuses:
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Changes (by SergeyBiryukov):

 * keywords:  needs-patch => close


Comment:

 Hi there, thanks for the ticket!

 The spread operator was added in [45622], however it seems unrelated to
 the issue, I can reproduce it on 5.2.4 as well.

 If you need to check whether the current user can publish posts in
 general, `current_user_can( 'publish_posts' )` should be used (note the
 plural `posts`), which does not require a post ID.

 If you need to check whether they can publish a particular post,
 `current_user_can( 'publish_post', $post_id )` should be used, which does
 require a post ID.

 Checking `current_user_can( 'publish_post' )` without passing in a post ID
 seems like a developer error, so the notice is legitimate.

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