# CakePHP 3: Output ACL permissions as HTML

**URL:** <https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-3-output-acl-permissions-as-html/5596>\
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**Created:** [February 1, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-3-output-acl-permissions-as-html/5596 "2019-02-01T03:40:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-3-output-acl-permissions-as-html/5596/1 "2019-02-01T03:40:59Z")

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I want to output the ACL structure associated with Roles as HTML, in my admin UI - say when a user is viewing a role.

Is there any built-in method that’ll help me build the tree in printable format in my Controllers?

Thank you.