From 351c28559b71259de43d3256e1a44f85e613c2ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ikawhero <ikawhero>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:16:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] MDL-17228 Allow admins to view hidden custom profile fields.
 Thanks to Alan Barrett for the fix.

---
 user/profile/lib.php | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/user/profile/lib.php b/user/profile/lib.php
index e9eab61bf00..8a0820e261b 100644
--- a/user/profile/lib.php
+++ b/user/profile/lib.php
@@ -236,7 +236,11 @@ class profile_field_base {
             case PROFILE_VISIBLE_ALL:
                 return true;
             case PROFILE_VISIBLE_PRIVATE:
-                return ($this->userid == $USER->id);
+                if ($this->userid == $USER->id) {
+                    return true;
+                } else {
+                    return has_capability('moodle/user:update', get_context_instance(CONTEXT_SYSTEM));
+                }
             default:
                 return has_capability('moodle/user:update', get_context_instance(CONTEXT_SYSTEM));
         }