My modified version is pasted at http://pastebin.com/hQnShaxA
My modified version:
<?php
/***
* Menu WALKER - for restricting the menu items visibility
* Code modified by - Trupti Bhatt (http://3sided.co.in)
* using original code posted here - http://www.tisseur-de-toile.fr/wordpress-tricks/pimp-my-wordpress-menu-part-2-access-granted-to-authorized-personnel-only.html
***/
class description_walker extends Walker_Nav_Menu
{
/*
* Custom var to store current role
*/
private $current_user_role = "";
/*
* Get te current user role
*/
private function getCurrentUserRole()
{
global $current_user;
if ( is_user_logged_in() )
{
if ( $this->current_user_role == "" )
{
$this->current_user_role = $current_user->roles[0];
}
return $this->current_user_role;
}
else
{
$this->current_user_role='visitor';
return $this->current_user_role;
}
}
/*
* Check if the user is an administrator
*/
private function isAdmin()
{
$current_role = $this->getCurrentUserRole();
if ( $current_role == "administrator" )
{
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
/*
* Get all restrictions
*/
private function getAllRestrictions()
{
global $menu_restricted_access_array;
$all_restrictions_array = array();
foreach ( $menu_restricted_access_array as $one_restriction )
{
$all_restrictions_array = array_merge($all_restrictions_array, $one_restriction);
}
$all_restrictions_array = array_unique($all_restrictions_array);
return $all_restrictions_array;
}
/*
* Check the access
*/
private function isAccessGranted( $id_menu_item )
{
global $menu_restricted_access_array;
if ( $this->isAdmin() )
{
return true;
}
else if ( isset($menu_restricted_access_array[$this->current_user_role]) )
{
$restricted_access = $menu_restricted_access_array[$this->current_user_role];
if ( in_array($id_menu_item, $restricted_access) )
{
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
else {
return true;
}
}
/*
* Element render
*/
function start_el(&$output, $item, $depth, $args)
{
global $wp_query, $menu_restricted_access_array;
global $g_role,$g_pageid;
$indent = ( $depth ) ? str_repeat( "\t", $depth ) : '';
$g_role=strtolower((trim($item->description)));
$str = explode(',',$g_role);
for( $i=0; $i< count($str); $i++)
{
if (strtolower(trim($str[$i]))==$this->current_user_role)
{
$restriction =$item->object_id;
$menu_restricted_access_array[$this->current_user_role] =array( $restriction);
}
}
$class_names = $value = '';
$classes = empty( $item->classes ) ? array() : (array) $item->classes;
$classes[] = 'menu-item-' . $item->ID;
/*
* First test, add custom class to each menu item
*/
$classes[] = 'my-custom-menu-class';
/*
* Detect the menu item matching the unpublished page
* Detect the menu item matching the unpublished page
*/
// -> FLag to display the output
$item_to_display = true;
$is_item_published = true;
// -> Gather data of linked object
$item_data = get_post($item->object_id);
// --> If it's a page, act on the flag
if ( !empty($item_data) && ($item->object == "page") )
{
$is_item_published = ( $item_data->post_status == "publish" ) ? true : false;
$item_output = "";
}
/*
* Detect and display by user Role
**/
if ( _USE_RESTRICTED_ACCESS )
{
$restrictions_array = $this->getAllRestrictions();
$this->isAccessGranted($item->object_id);
}
else
{
$item_to_display = $is_item_published;
}
$class_names = join( ' ', apply_filters( 'nav_menu_css_class', array_filter( $classes ), $item ) );
$class_names = ' class="' . esc_attr( $class_names ) . '"';
$id = apply_filters( 'nav_menu_item_id', 'menu-item-'. $item->ID, $item, $args );
$id = strlen( $id ) ? ' id="' . esc_attr( $id ) . '"' : '';
$output .= $indent . '<li id="menu-item-'. $item->ID . '"' . $value . $class_names .'>';
$attributes = ! empty( $item->attr_title ) ? ' title="' . esc_attr( $item->attr_title ) .'"' : '';
$attributes .= ! empty( $item->target ) ? ' target="' . esc_attr( $item->target ) .'"' : '';
$attributes .= ! empty( $item->xfn ) ? ' rel="' . esc_attr( $item->xfn ) .'"' : '';
$attributes .= ! empty( $item->url ) ? ' href="' . esc_attr( $item->url ) .'"' : '';
if($depth != 0)
{
$description = $append = $prepend = "";
}
// --> If the flag is true, when display the output
if ( $item_to_display )
{
$item_output = $args->before;
$item_output .= '<a'. $attributes .'>';
$item_output .= $args->link_before .apply_filters( 'the_title', $item->title, $item->ID ).$append; // this is where the strong tags are prepend and append to the description
$item_output .= '</a>';
$item_output .= $args->after;
}
$output .= apply_filters( 'walker_nav_menu_start_el', $item_output, $item, $depth, $args );
}
}
/*
* Restrictions configuration
* 2 is page id of Homepage
**/
define("_USE_RESTRICTED_ACCESS", true);
$menu_restricted_access_array['subscriber'] = array('2');
?>