Is there a way I can set access to specific form elements?

Question

I'm writing a custom ticketing system module for my company and I would like certain form elements disabled based on permissions. Is there a way I can do this without needing to make two separate forms (ex: user form, admin form)

I know for the items array in a menu hook, you can just set 'access arguments.' Preferably I'd like to just use the existing permissions I've already created for my module or even make it role specific.

Answer 1

You can use the FAPI #access property:

$form['some_element']['#access'] = user_access('some permission');