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  • Bug fixes for general core bugs in 3.10.x will end 8 November 2021 (12 months).
  • Bug fixes for security issues in 3.10.x will end 9 May 2022 (18 months).
  • PHP version: minimum PHP 7.2.0 Note: minimum PHP version has increased since Moodle 3.8. PHP 7.3.x and 7.4.x are supported too.
   1  <?php
   2  // This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
   3  //
   4  // Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   5  // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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   7  // (at your option) any later version.
   8  //
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  10  // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  11  // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  12  // GNU General Public License for more details.
  13  //
  14  // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  15  // along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  16  
  17  /**
  18   * A scheduled task.
  19   *
  20   * @package    core
  21   * @copyright  2013 onwards Martin Dougiamas  http://dougiamas.com
  22   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  23   */
  24  namespace core\task;
  25  
  26  /**
  27   * Simple task to run the registration cron.
  28   */
  29  class check_for_updates_task extends scheduled_task {
  30  
  31      /**
  32       * Get a descriptive name for this task (shown to admins).
  33       *
  34       * @return string
  35       */
  36      public function get_name() {
  37          return get_string('taskcheckforupdates', 'admin');
  38      }
  39  
  40      /**
  41       * Do the job.
  42       * Throw exceptions on errors (the job will be retried).
  43       */
  44      public function execute() {
  45          global $CFG;
  46          // If enabled, fetch information about available updates and eventually notify site admins.
  47          if (empty($CFG->disableupdatenotifications)) {
  48              $updateschecker = \core\update\checker::instance();
  49              $updateschecker->cron();
  50          }
  51  
  52      }
  53  
  54  }