How to specify ACL group permissions compactly

G’day,

Setup: Windoze 7 Pro x64 SP1; Apache 2.4.23 (Win64); MySQL 5.7.15; PHP 7.0.11; CakePHP 2.9.1;

Which of the following compact versions below (2.a, 2.b, 2.c) are the correct way to define the fully specified version 1 in my UsersController.php?

Thanx, McS

public function initDB() { /* partial function listing */ /* allow moderators full access to all clients methods */ /* 1. fully specified version */ $group->id = 2; // moderators group $this->Acl->deny($group, 'controllers'); $this->Acl->allow($group, 'controllers/Clients/index'); $this->Acl->allow($group, 'controllers/Clients/view'); $this->Acl->allow($group, 'controllers/Clients/add'); $this->Acl->allow($group, 'controllers/Clients/edit'); $this->Acl->allow($group, 'controllers/Clients/delete'); $this->Acl->allow($group, 'controllers/Clients/search');\ /* ALSO allow moderators full access to all clients methods */ /* 2.a compact version */ $group->id = 2; // moderators group $this->Acl->deny($group, 'controllers'); $this->Acl->allow($group, 'controllers/Clients'); /* OR should it be like this? */ /* 2.b compact version */ $group->id = 2; // moderators group $this->Acl->deny($group, 'controllers'); $this->Acl->allow($group, 'controllers/Clients/*'); /* OR should it be like this? */ /* 2.c compact version */ $group->id = 2; // moderators group $this->Acl->deny($group, 'controllers'); $this->Acl->allow($group, 'controllers/Clients/"*"'); }