Common/ChannelMode.php

+<?php
+
+namespace Minds\Common;
+use ReflectionClass; 
+
+abstract class ChannelMode
+{
+    const OPEN = 0;
+    const MODERATED = 1;
+    const CLOSED = 2;
+
+    final public static function toArray() : array
+    {
+        return (new ReflectionClass(static::class))->getConstants();
+    }
+
+    final public static function isValid($value) : bool
+    {
+        return in_array($value, static::toArray());
+    }
+}

Controllers/api/v1/channel.php

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use Minds\Helpers;
 use Minds\Interfaces;
 use Minds\Entities;
 use Minds\Api\Factory;
+use Minds\Common\ChannelMode;
 use ElggFile;
 
 class channel implements Interfaces\Api
@@ -242,6 +243,10 @@ class channel implements Interfaces\Api
                     }
                 }
 
+                if (isset($_POST['mode']) && ChannelMode::isValid($_POST['mode'])) {
+                    $update['mode'] = $_POST['mode'];
+                }
+
                 if (isset($_POST['social_profiles']) && is_array($_POST['social_profiles'])) {
                     $profiles = [];
 

Core/Permissions/Manager.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace Minds\Core\Permissions;
 
 use Minds\Core\Di\Di;
 use Minds\Core\Permissions\Permissions;
+use Minds\Core\EntitiesBuilder;
 
 /*
 * Manager for managing role based permissions
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ class Manager
         }
 
         /** @var Permissions */
-        $permissions = new Permissions($user);
+        $permissions = new Permissions($user, null, $entitiesBuilder);
         if (is_array($entities)) {
             $permissions->calculate($entities);
         }

Core/Permissions/Permissions.php

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class Permissions implements \JsonSerializable
 
     public function __construct(User $user, Roles $roles = null, EntitiesBuilder $entitiesBuilder = null)
     {
+        $this->entitiesBuilder = $entitiesBuilder ?: Di::_()->get('EntitiesBuilder');
         $this->roles = $roles ?: new Roles();
         $this->user = $user;
         $this->isAdmin = $user->isAdmin();

Entities/User.php

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ namespace Minds\Entities;
 
 use Minds\Core;
 use Minds\Helpers;
+use Minds\Common\ChannelMode;
 
 /**
  * User Entity
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@ use Minds\Helpers;
  */
 class User extends \ElggUser
 {
-
     public $fullExport = true;
     public $exportCounts = false;
 
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class User extends \ElggUser
         $this->attributes['canary'] = 0;
         $this->attributes['onchain_booster'] = null;
         $this->attributes['toaster_notifications'] = 1;
+        $this->attributes['mode'] = ChannelMode::OPEN;
 
         parent::initializeAttributes();
     }
@@ -741,6 +742,7 @@ class User extends \ElggUser
         $export['theme'] = $this->getTheme();
         $export['onchain_booster'] = $this->getOnchainBooster();
         $export['toaster_notifications'] = $this->getToasterNotifications();
+        $export['mode'] = $this->getMode();
 
         if (is_string($export['social_profiles'])) {
             $export['social_profiles'] = json_decode($export['social_profiles']);
@@ -990,7 +992,8 @@ class User extends \ElggUser
             'canary',
             'theme',
             'onchain_booster',
-            'toaster_notifications'
+            'toaster_notifications',
+            'mode'
         ));
     }
 
@@ -1090,9 +1093,30 @@ class User extends \ElggUser
 
     /**
      * Set on/off toaster notifications
+     * @return User
      */
     public function setToasterNotifications($enabled = true)
     {
         $this->toaster_notifications = $enabled ? 1 : 0;
+        return $this;
     }
+    
+    /**
+    * Returns channel mode value
+    * @return integer channel mode
+    */
+    public function getMode()
+    {
+        return (int) $this->mode;
+    }
+
+    /** 
+    * Sets the channel mode
+    * @return User
+    */
+    public function setMode(int $mode) {
+        $this->mode = $mode;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
 }

Spec/Entities/UserSpec.php

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use Minds\Entities\User;
 use Minds\Core\Di\Di;
 use PhpSpec\ObjectBehavior;
 use Prophecy\Argument;
+use Minds\Common\ChannelMode;
 
 class UserSpec extends ObjectBehavior
 {
@@ -49,4 +50,20 @@ class UserSpec extends ObjectBehavior
         $this->setOnchainBooster(1560192357);
         $this->isOnchainBooster()->shouldReturn(false);
     }
+
+    function it_should_have_a_default_mode_of_open() {
+        $this->getMode()->shouldEqual(ChannelMode::OPEN);
+    }
+
+    function it_should_assign_channel_modes() {
+        $this->setMode(ChannelMode::CLOSED); 
+        $this->getMode()->shouldEqual(ChannelMode::CLOSED);
+        $this->setMode(ChannelMode::MODERATED); 
+        $this->getMode()->shouldEqual(ChannelMode::MODERATED);
+    }
+
+    function it_should_export_values() {
+        $export = $this->export()->getWrappedObject();
+        expect($export['mode'])->shouldEqual(ChannelMode::OPEN);
+    }
 }

settings.example.php

@@ -472,7 +472,8 @@ $CONFIG->set('features', [
     'top-feeds' => true,
     'cassandra-notifications' => true,
     'dark-mode' => true,
-    'allow-comments-toggle' => false
+    'allow-comments-toggle' => false,
+    'permissions' => false
 ]);
 
 $CONFIG->set('email', [