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Functions to support installation process

Copyright: 2009 Petr Skoda (http://skodak.org)
License: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
File Size: 528 lines (18 kb)
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Defines 10 functions

  install_guess_wwwroot()
  install_ini_get_bool()
  install_init_dataroot()
  install_helpbutton()
  install_db_validate()
  install_generate_configphp()
  install_print_help_page()
  install_print_header()
  install_print_footer()
  install_cli_database()

Functions
Functions that are not part of a class:

install_guess_wwwroot()   X-Ref
Tries to detect the right www root setting.

return: string detected www root

install_ini_get_bool($ini_get_arg)   X-Ref
Copy of @see{ini_get_bool()}

param: string $ini_get_arg
return: bool

install_init_dataroot($dataroot, $dirpermissions)   X-Ref
Creates dataroot if not exists yet,
makes sure it is writable, add lang directory
and add .htaccess just in case it works.

param: string $dataroot full path to dataroot
param: int $dirpermissions
return: bool success

install_helpbutton($url, $title='')   X-Ref
Print help button

param: string $url
param: string $titel
return: void

install_db_validate($database, $dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, $dbname, $prefix, $dboptions)   X-Ref
This is in function because we want the /install.php to parse in PHP4

param: object $database
param: string $dbhsot
param: string $dbuser
param: string $dbpass
param: string $dbname
param: string $prefix
param: mixed $dboptions
return: string

install_generate_configphp($database, $cfg)   X-Ref
Returns content of config.php file.

Uses PHP_EOL for generating proper end of lines for the given platform.

param: moodle_database $database database instance
param: object $cfg copy of $CFG
return: string

install_print_help_page($help)   X-Ref
Prints complete help page used during installation.
Does not return.

param: string $help

install_print_header($config, $stagename, $heading, $stagetext, $stageclass = "alert-info")   X-Ref
Prints installation page header, we can no use weblib yet in installer.

param: array $config
param: string $stagename
param: string $heading
param: string $stagetext
param: string $stageclass
return: void

install_print_footer($config, $reload=false)   X-Ref
Prints installation page header, we can no use weblib yet in isntaller.

param: array $config
param: bool $reload print reload button instead of next
return: void

install_cli_database(array $options, $interactive)   X-Ref
Install Moodle DB,
config.php must exist, there must not be any tables in db yet.

param: array $options adminpass is mandatory
param: bool $interactive
return: void