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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.
<?php
// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
//
// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

/**
 * Plugin capabilities
 *
 * @package    mod_forum
 * @copyright  2006 Martin Dougiamas
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */

defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();

$capabilities = array(

    'mod/forum:addinstance' => array(
        'riskbitmask' => RISK_XSS,

        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_COURSE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        ),
        'clonepermissionsfrom' => 'moodle/course:manageactivities'
    ),

    'mod/forum:viewdiscussion' => array(

        'captype' => 'read',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'frontpage' => CAP_ALLOW, // needed especially for news on the frontpage
            'guest' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'student' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:viewhiddentimedposts' => array(

        'captype' => 'read',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:startdiscussion' => array(

        'riskbitmask' => RISK_SPAM,

        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'student' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:replypost' => array(

        'riskbitmask' => RISK_SPAM,

        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'student' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:addnews' => array(

        'riskbitmask' => RISK_SPAM,

        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:replynews' => array(

        'riskbitmask' => RISK_SPAM,

        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:viewrating' => array(

        'captype' => 'read',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'student' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:viewanyrating' => array(

        'riskbitmask' => RISK_PERSONAL,
        'captype' => 'read',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:viewallratings' => array(

        'riskbitmask' => RISK_PERSONAL,
        'captype' => 'read',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        ),
        'clonepermissionsfrom' =>  'mod/forum:viewanyrating'
    ),

    'mod/forum:rate' => array(

        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:postprivatereply' => array(
        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:readprivatereplies' => array(
        'captype' => 'read',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:createattachment' => array(

        'riskbitmask' => RISK_SPAM,

        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'student' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:deleteownpost' => array(

        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'student' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:deleteanypost' => array(

        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:splitdiscussions' => array(

        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:movediscussions' => array(

        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:pindiscussions' => array(

        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:editanypost' => array(

        'riskbitmask' => RISK_SPAM,

        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:viewqandawithoutposting' => array(

        'captype' => 'read',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:viewsubscribers' => array(

        'captype' => 'read',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:managesubscriptions' => array(

        'riskbitmask' => RISK_SPAM,

        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:postwithoutthrottling' => array(

        'riskbitmask' => RISK_SPAM,

        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:exportdiscussion' => array(

        'riskbitmask' => RISK_PERSONAL,

        'captype' => 'read',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),
    'mod/forum:exportforum' => array(
        'riskbitmask' => RISK_PERSONAL,

        'captype' => 'read',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW,
        )
    ),
    'mod/forum:exportpost' => array(

        'riskbitmask' => RISK_PERSONAL,

        'captype' => 'read',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),
    'mod/forum:exportownpost' => array(

        'riskbitmask' => RISK_PERSONAL,

        'captype' => 'read',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'student' => CAP_ALLOW,
        )
    ),
    'mod/forum:addquestion' => array(

        'riskbitmask' => RISK_SPAM,

        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),
    'mod/forum:allowforcesubscribe' => array(

        'captype' => 'read',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'student' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'frontpage' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),
    'mod/forum:canposttomygroups' => array(

        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),
    'mod/forum:canoverridediscussionlock' => array(
        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),
    'mod/forum:canoverridecutoff' => array(
        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW
        ),
        'clonepermissionsfrom' => 'mod/forum:canoverridediscussionlock'
    ),
    'mod/forum:cantogglefavourite' => array(
        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => array(
            'user' => CAP_ALLOW
        )
    ),

    'mod/forum:grade' => [
        'captype' => 'write',
        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
        'archetypes' => [
            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
            'manager' => CAP_ALLOW,
        ],
    ],
> ); > 'mod/forum:canmailnow' => [ > 'riskbitmask' => RISK_SPAM, > 'captype' => 'write', > 'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE, > 'archetypes' => [ > 'student' => CAP_ALLOW, > 'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW, > 'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW, > 'manager' => CAP_ALLOW > ] > ],