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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.

Differences Between: [Versions 39 and 400] [Versions 39 and 401] [Versions 39 and 402] [Versions 39 and 403]

   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
   6  // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
   7  // (at your option) any later version.
   8  //
   9  // Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  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  /**
  19   * External question API
  20   *
  21   * @package    core_question
  22   * @category   external
  23   * @copyright  2016 Pau Ferrer <pau@moodle.com>
  24   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  25   */
  26  
  27  defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
  28  
  29  require_once("$CFG->libdir/externallib.php");
  30  require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/question/engine/lib.php');
  31  require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/question/engine/datalib.php');
  32  require_once($CFG->libdir . '/questionlib.php');
  33  
  34  /**
  35   * Question external functions
  36   *
  37   * @package    core_question
  38   * @category   external
  39   * @copyright  2016 Pau Ferrer <pau@moodle.com>
  40   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  41   * @since Moodle 3.1
  42   */
  43  class core_question_external extends external_api {
  44  
  45      /**
  46       * Returns description of method parameters
  47       *
  48       * @return external_function_parameters
  49       * @since Moodle 3.1
  50       */
  51      public static function update_flag_parameters() {
  52          return new external_function_parameters(
  53              array(
  54                  'qubaid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'the question usage id.'),
  55                  'questionid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'the question id'),
  56                  'qaid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'the question_attempt id'),
  57                  'slot' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'the slot number within the usage'),
  58                  'checksum' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUM, 'computed checksum with the last three arguments and
  59                               the users username'),
  60                  'newstate' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, 'the new state of the flag. true = flagged')
  61              )
  62          );
  63      }
  64  
  65      /**
  66       * Update the flag state of a question attempt.
  67       *
  68       * @param int $qubaid the question usage id.
  69       * @param int $questionid the question id.
  70       * @param int $qaid the question_attempt id.
  71       * @param int $slot the slot number within the usage.
  72       * @param string $checksum checksum, as computed by {@link get_toggle_checksum()}
  73       *      corresponding to the last three arguments and the users username.
  74       * @param bool $newstate the new state of the flag. true = flagged.
  75       * @return array (success infos and fail infos)
  76       * @since Moodle 3.1
  77       */
  78      public static function update_flag($qubaid, $questionid, $qaid, $slot, $checksum, $newstate) {
  79          global $CFG, $DB;
  80  
  81          $params = self::validate_parameters(self::update_flag_parameters(),
  82              array(
  83                  'qubaid' => $qubaid,
  84                  'questionid' => $questionid,
  85                  'qaid' => $qaid,
  86                  'slot' => $slot,
  87                  'checksum' => $checksum,
  88                  'newstate' => $newstate
  89              )
  90          );
  91  
  92          $warnings = array();
  93          self::validate_context(context_system::instance());
  94  
  95          // The checksum will be checked to provide security flagging other users questions.
  96          question_flags::update_flag($params['qubaid'], $params['questionid'], $params['qaid'], $params['slot'], $params['checksum'],
  97                                      $params['newstate']);
  98  
  99          $result = array();
 100          $result['status'] = true;
 101          $result['warnings'] = $warnings;
 102          return $result;
 103      }
 104  
 105      /**
 106       * Returns description of method result value
 107       *
 108       * @return external_description
 109       * @since Moodle 3.1
 110       */
 111      public static function update_flag_returns() {
 112          return new external_single_structure(
 113              array(
 114                  'status' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, 'status: true if success'),
 115                  'warnings' => new external_warnings()
 116              )
 117          );
 118      }
 119  
 120      /**
 121       * Returns description of method parameters.
 122       *
 123       * @return external_function_parameters.
 124       */
 125      public static function submit_tags_form_parameters() {
 126          return new external_function_parameters([
 127                  'questionid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The question id'),
 128                  'contextid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The editing context id'),
 129                  'formdata' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'The data from the tag form'),
 130          ]);
 131      }
 132  
 133      /**
 134       * Handles the tags form submission.
 135       *
 136       * @param int $questionid The question id.
 137       * @param int $contextid The editing context id.
 138       * @param string $formdata The question tag form data in a URI encoded param string
 139       * @return array The created or modified question tag
 140       */
 141      public static function submit_tags_form($questionid, $contextid, $formdata) {
 142          global $DB, $CFG;
 143  
 144          $data = [];
 145          $result = ['status' => false];
 146  
 147          // Parameter validation.
 148          $params = self::validate_parameters(self::submit_tags_form_parameters(), [
 149              'questionid' => $questionid,
 150              'contextid' => $contextid,
 151              'formdata' => $formdata
 152          ]);
 153  
 154          $editingcontext = \context::instance_by_id($contextid);
 155          self::validate_context($editingcontext);
 156          parse_str($params['formdata'], $data);
 157  
 158          if (!$question = $DB->get_record_sql('
 159                  SELECT q.*, qc.contextid
 160                  FROM {question} q
 161                  JOIN {question_categories} qc ON qc.id = q.category
 162                  WHERE q.id = ?', [$questionid])) {
 163              print_error('questiondoesnotexist', 'question');
 164          }
 165  
 166          require_once($CFG->libdir . '/questionlib.php');
 167          require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/question/type/tags_form.php');
 168  
 169          $cantag = question_has_capability_on($question, 'tag');
 170          $questioncontext = \context::instance_by_id($question->contextid);
 171          $contexts = new \question_edit_contexts($editingcontext);
 172  
 173          $formoptions = [
 174              'editingcontext' => $editingcontext,
 175              'questioncontext' => $questioncontext,
 176              'contexts' => $contexts->all()
 177          ];
 178  
 179          $mform = new \core_question\form\tags(null, $formoptions, 'post', '', null, $cantag, $data);
 180  
 181          if ($validateddata = $mform->get_data()) {
 182              if ($cantag) {
 183                  if (isset($validateddata->tags)) {
 184                      // Due to a mform bug, if there's no tags set on the tag element, it submits the name as the value.
 185                      // The only way to discover is checking if the tag element is an array.
 186                      $tags = is_array($validateddata->tags) ? $validateddata->tags : [];
 187  
 188                      core_tag_tag::set_item_tags('core_question', 'question', $validateddata->id,
 189                          $questioncontext, $tags);
 190  
 191                      $result['status'] = true;
 192                  }
 193  
 194                  if (isset($validateddata->coursetags)) {
 195                      $coursetags = is_array($validateddata->coursetags) ? $validateddata->coursetags : [];
 196                      core_tag_tag::set_item_tags('core_question', 'question', $validateddata->id,
 197                          $editingcontext->get_course_context(false), $coursetags);
 198  
 199                      $result['status'] = true;
 200                  }
 201              }
 202          }
 203  
 204          return $result;
 205      }
 206  
 207      /**
 208       * Returns description of method result value.
 209       */
 210      public static function  submit_tags_form_returns() {
 211          return new external_single_structure([
 212                  'status' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, 'status: true if success')
 213          ]);
 214      }
 215  
 216      /**
 217       * Returns description of method parameters.
 218       *
 219       * @return external_function_parameters.
 220       */
 221      public static function get_random_question_summaries_parameters() {
 222          return new external_function_parameters([
 223                  'categoryid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Category id to find random questions'),
 224                  'includesubcategories' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, 'Include the subcategories in the search'),
 225                  'tagids' => new external_multiple_structure(
 226                      new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Tag id')
 227                  ),
 228                  'contextid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT,
 229                      'Context id that the questions will be rendered in (used for exporting)'),
 230                  'limit' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Maximum number of results to return',
 231                      VALUE_DEFAULT, 0),
 232                  'offset' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Number of items to skip from the begging of the result set',
 233                      VALUE_DEFAULT, 0)
 234          ]);
 235      }
 236  
 237      /**
 238       * Gets the list of random questions for the given criteria. The questions
 239       * will be exported in a summaries format and won't include all of the
 240       * question data.
 241       *
 242       * @param int $categoryid Category id to find random questions
 243       * @param bool $includesubcategories Include the subcategories in the search
 244       * @param int[] $tagids Only include questions with these tags
 245       * @param int $contextid The context id where the questions will be rendered
 246       * @param int $limit Maximum number of results to return
 247       * @param int $offset Number of items to skip from the beginning of the result set.
 248       * @return array The list of questions and total question count.
 249       */
 250      public static function get_random_question_summaries(
 251          $categoryid,
 252          $includesubcategories,
 253          $tagids,
 254          $contextid,
 255          $limit = 0,
 256          $offset = 0
 257      ) {
 258          global $DB, $PAGE;
 259  
 260          // Parameter validation.
 261          $params = self::validate_parameters(
 262              self::get_random_question_summaries_parameters(),
 263              [
 264                  'categoryid' => $categoryid,
 265                  'includesubcategories' => $includesubcategories,
 266                  'tagids' => $tagids,
 267                  'contextid' => $contextid,
 268                  'limit' => $limit,
 269                  'offset' => $offset
 270              ]
 271          );
 272          $categoryid = $params['categoryid'];
 273          $includesubcategories = $params['includesubcategories'];
 274          $tagids = $params['tagids'];
 275          $contextid = $params['contextid'];
 276          $limit = $params['limit'];
 277          $offset = $params['offset'];
 278  
 279          $context = \context::instance_by_id($contextid);
 280          self::validate_context($context);
 281  
 282          $categorycontextid = $DB->get_field('question_categories', 'contextid', ['id' => $categoryid], MUST_EXIST);
 283          $categorycontext = \context::instance_by_id($categorycontextid);
 284          $editcontexts = new \question_edit_contexts($categorycontext);
 285          // The user must be able to view all questions in the category that they are requesting.
 286          $editcontexts->require_cap('moodle/question:viewall');
 287  
 288          $loader = new \core_question\bank\random_question_loader(new qubaid_list([]));
 289          // Only load the properties we require from the DB.
 290          $properties = \core_question\external\question_summary_exporter::get_mandatory_properties();
 291          $questions = $loader->get_questions($categoryid, $includesubcategories, $tagids, $limit, $offset, $properties);
 292          $totalcount = $loader->count_questions($categoryid, $includesubcategories, $tagids);
 293          $renderer = $PAGE->get_renderer('core');
 294  
 295          $formattedquestions = array_map(function($question) use ($context, $renderer) {
 296              $exporter = new \core_question\external\question_summary_exporter($question, ['context' => $context]);
 297              return $exporter->export($renderer);
 298          }, $questions);
 299  
 300          return [
 301              'totalcount' => $totalcount,
 302              'questions' => $formattedquestions
 303          ];
 304      }
 305  
 306      /**
 307       * Returns description of method result value.
 308       */
 309      public static function  get_random_question_summaries_returns() {
 310          return new external_single_structure([
 311              'totalcount' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'total number of questions in result set'),
 312              'questions' => new external_multiple_structure(
 313                  \core_question\external\question_summary_exporter::get_read_structure()
 314              )
 315          ]);
 316      }
 317  }