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Long Term Support Release

  • Bug fixes for general core bugs in 3.9.x will end* 10 May 2021 (12 months).
  • Bug fixes for security issues in 3.9.x will end* 8 May 2023 (36 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.
/mod/chat/ -> lib.php (source)

Functions that are not part of a class:

move()   X-Ref
No description

empty_field_and_submit()   X-Ref
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padding($n)   X-Ref

param: int $n
return: string

chat_add_instance($chat)   X-Ref
Given an object containing all the necessary data,
(defined by the form in mod_form.php) this function
will create a new instance and return the id number
of the new instance.

param: object $chat
return: int

chat_update_instance($chat)   X-Ref
Given an object containing all the necessary data,
(defined by the form in mod_form.php) this function
will update an existing instance with new data.

param: object $chat
return: bool

chat_delete_instance($id)   X-Ref
Given an ID of an instance of this module,
this function will permanently delete the instance
and any data that depends on it.

param: int $id
return: bool

chat_print_recent_activity($course, $viewfullnames, $timestart)   X-Ref
Given a course and a date, prints a summary of all chat rooms past and present
This function is called from block_recent_activity

param: object $course
param: bool $viewfullnames
param: int|string $timestart Timestamp
return: bool

chat_refresh_events($courseid = 0, $instance = null, $cm = null)   X-Ref
This standard function will check all instances of this module
and make sure there are up-to-date events created for each of them.
If courseid = 0, then every chat event in the site is checked, else
only chat events belonging to the course specified are checked.
This function is used, in its new format, by restore_refresh_events()

param: int $courseid
param: int|stdClass $instance Chat module instance or ID.
param: int|stdClass $cm Course module object or ID.
return: bool

chat_prepare_update_events($chat, $cm = null)   X-Ref
Updates both the normal and completion calendar events for chat.

param: stdClass $chat The chat object (from the DB)
param: stdClass $cm The course module object.

chat_get_users($chatid, $groupid=0, $groupingid=0)   X-Ref

param: int $chatid
param: int $groupid
param: int $groupingid
return: array

chat_get_latest_message($chatid, $groupid=0)   X-Ref

param: int $chatid
param: int $groupid
return: array

chat_login_user($chatid, $version, $groupid, $course)   X-Ref
login if not already logged in

param: int $chatid
param: string $version
param: int $groupid
param: object $course
return: bool|int Returns the chat users sid or false

chat_delete_old_users()   X-Ref
Delete the old and in the way


chat_update_chat_times($chatid=0)   X-Ref
Updates chat records so that the next chat time is correct

param: int $chatid
return: void

chat_send_chatmessage($chatuser, $messagetext, $issystem = false, $cm = null)   X-Ref
Send a message on the chat.

param: object $chatuser The chat user record.
param: string $messagetext The message to be sent.
param: bool $issystem False for non-system messages, true for system messages.
param: object $cm The course module object, pass it to save a database query when we trigger the event.
return: int The message ID.

chat_format_message_manually($message, $courseid, $sender, $currentuser, $chatlastrow = null)   X-Ref

param: object $message
param: int $courseid
param: object $sender
param: object $currentuser
param: string $chatlastrow
return: bool|string Returns HTML or false

chat_format_message($message, $courseid, $currentuser, $chatlastrow=null)   X-Ref
Given a message object this function formats it appropriately into text and html then returns the formatted data

param: object $message
param: int $courseid
param: object $currentuser
param: string $chatlastrow
return: bool|string Returns HTML or false

chat_format_message_theme($message, $chatuser, $currentuser, $groupingid, $theme = 'bubble')   X-Ref

param: object $message message to be displayed.
param: mixed $chatuser user chat data
param: object $currentuser current user for whom the message should be displayed.
param: int $groupingid course module grouping id
param: string $theme name of the chat theme.
return: bool|string Returns HTML or false

chat_format_userlist($users, $course)   X-Ref

param: object $users
param: object $course
return: array return formatted user list

chat_print_error($level, $msg)   X-Ref
Print json format error

param: string $level
param: string $msg

chat_get_view_actions()   X-Ref
List the actions that correspond to a view of this module.
This is used by the participation report.

Note: This is not used by new logging system. Event with
crud = 'r' and edulevel = LEVEL_PARTICIPATING will
be considered as view action.

return: array

chat_get_post_actions()   X-Ref
List the actions that correspond to a post of this module.
This is used by the participation report.

Note: This is not used by new logging system. Event with
crud = ('c' || 'u' || 'd') and edulevel = LEVEL_PARTICIPATING
will be considered as post action.

return: array

chat_print_overview()   X-Ref


chat_reset_course_form_definition(&$mform)   X-Ref
Implementation of the function for printing the form elements that control
whether the course reset functionality affects the chat.

param: object $mform form passed by reference

chat_reset_course_form_defaults($course)   X-Ref
Course reset form defaults.

param: object $course
return: array

chat_reset_userdata($data)   X-Ref
Actual implementation of the reset course functionality, delete all the
chat messages for course $data->courseid.

param: object $data the data submitted from the reset course.
return: array status array

chat_supports($feature)   X-Ref

param: string $feature FEATURE_xx constant for requested feature
return: mixed True if module supports feature, null if doesn't know

chat_extend_navigation($navigation, $course, $module, $cm)   X-Ref
No description

chat_extend_settings_navigation(settings_navigation $settings, navigation_node $chatnode)   X-Ref
Adds module specific settings to the settings block

param: settings_navigation $settings The settings navigation object
param: navigation_node $chatnode The node to add module settings to

chat_user_logout(\core\event\user_loggedout $event)   X-Ref
user logout event handler

param: \core\event\user_loggedout $event The event.
return: void

chat_page_type_list($pagetype, $parentcontext, $currentcontext)   X-Ref
Return a list of page types

param: string $pagetype current page type
param: stdClass $parentcontext Block's parent context
param: stdClass $currentcontext Current context of block

chat_get_latest_messages($chatuser, $chatlasttime)   X-Ref
Return a list of the latest messages in the given chat session.

param: stdClass $chatuser     chat user session data
param: int      $chatlasttime last time messages were retrieved
return: array    list of messages

chat_view($chat, $course, $cm, $context)   X-Ref
Mark the activity completed (if required) and trigger the course_module_viewed event.

param: stdClass $chat       chat object
param: stdClass $course     course object
param: stdClass $cm         course module object
param: stdClass $context    context object

mod_chat_core_calendar_provide_event_action(calendar_event $event,\core_calendar\action_factory $factory,int $userid = 0)   X-Ref
This function receives a calendar event and returns the action associated with it, or null if there is none.

This is used by block_myoverview in order to display the event appropriately. If null is returned then the event
is not displayed on the block.

param: calendar_event $event
param: \core_calendar\action_factory $factory
param: int $userid User id to use for all capability checks, etc. Set to 0 for current user (default).
return: \core_calendar\local\event\entities\action_interface|null

chat_get_sessions($messages, $showall = false)   X-Ref
Given a set of messages for a chat, return the completed chat sessions (including optionally not completed ones).

param: array $messages list of messages from a chat. It is assumed that these are sorted by timestamp in DESCENDING order.
param: bool $showall   whether to include incomplete sessions or not
return: array           the list of sessions

chat_get_session_messages($chatid, $group = false, $start = 0, $end = 0, $sort = '')   X-Ref
Return the messages of the given chat session.

param: int $chatid      the chat id
param: mixed $group     false if groups not used, int if groups used, 0 means all groups
param: int $start       the session start timestamp (0 to not filter by time)
param: int $end         the session end timestamp (0 to not filter by time)
param: string $sort     an order to sort the results in (optional, a valid SQL ORDER BY parameter)
return: array session messages