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  • Bug fixes for general core bugs in 4.0.x will end 8 May 2023 (12 months).
  • Bug fixes for security issues in 4.0.x will end 13 November 2023 (18 months).
  • PHP version: minimum PHP 7.3.0 Note: the minimum PHP version has increased since Moodle 3.10. PHP 7.4.x is also supported.

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   1  <?php
   2  // This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
   3  //
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  15  // along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  16  
  17  /**
  18   * More object oriented wrappers around parts of the Moodle question bank.
  19   *
  20   * In due course, I expect that the question bank will be converted to a
  21   * fully object oriented structure, at which point this file can be a
  22   * starting point.
  23   *
  24   * @package    moodlecore
  25   * @subpackage questionbank
  26   * @copyright  2009 The Open University
  27   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  28   */
  29  
  30  
  31  defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
  32  
  33  require_once (__DIR__ . '/../type/questiontypebase.php');
  34  
  35  
  36  /**
  37   * This static class provides access to the other question bank.
  38   *
  39   * It provides functions for managing question types and question definitions.
  40   *
  41   * @copyright  2009 The Open University
  42   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  43   */
  44  abstract class question_bank {
  45      // TODO: This limit can be deleted if someday we move all TEXTS to BIG ones. MDL-19603
  46      const MAX_SUMMARY_LENGTH = 32000;
  47  
  48      /** @var array question type name => question_type subclass. */
  49      private static $questiontypes = array();
  50  
  51      /** @var array question type name => 1. Records which question definitions have been loaded. */
  52      private static $loadedqdefs = array();
  53  
  54      /** @var boolean nasty hack to allow unit tests to call {@link load_question()}. */
  55      private static $testmode = false;
  56      private static $testdata = array();
  57  
  58      private static $questionconfig = null;
  59  
  60      /**
  61       * @var array string => string The standard set of grade options (fractions)
  62       * to use when editing questions, in the range 0 to 1 inclusive. Array keys
  63       * are string becuase: a) we want grades to exactly 7 d.p., and b. you can't
  64       * have float array keys in PHP.
  65       * Initialised by {@link ensure_grade_options_initialised()}.
  66       */
  67      private static $fractionoptions = null;
  68      /** @var array string => string The full standard set of (fractions) -1 to 1 inclusive. */
  69      private static $fractionoptionsfull = null;
  70  
  71      /**
  72       * @param string $qtypename a question type name, e.g. 'multichoice'.
  73       * @return bool whether that question type is installed in this Moodle.
  74       */
  75      public static function is_qtype_installed($qtypename) {
  76          $plugindir = core_component::get_plugin_directory('qtype', $qtypename);
  77          return $plugindir && is_readable($plugindir . '/questiontype.php');
  78      }
  79  
  80      /**
  81       * Get the question type class for a particular question type.
  82       * @param string $qtypename the question type name. For example 'multichoice' or 'shortanswer'.
  83       * @param bool $mustexist if false, the missing question type is returned when
  84       *      the requested question type is not installed.
  85       * @return question_type the corresponding question type class.
  86       */
  87      public static function get_qtype($qtypename, $mustexist = true) {
  88          global $CFG;
  89          if (isset(self::$questiontypes[$qtypename])) {
  90              return self::$questiontypes[$qtypename];
  91          }
  92          $file = core_component::get_plugin_directory('qtype', $qtypename) . '/questiontype.php';
  93          if (!is_readable($file)) {
  94              if ($mustexist || $qtypename == 'missingtype') {
  95                  throw new coding_exception('Unknown question type ' . $qtypename);
  96              } else {
  97                  return self::get_qtype('missingtype');
  98              }
  99          }
 100          include_once($file);
 101          $class = 'qtype_' . $qtypename;
 102          if (!class_exists($class)) {
 103              throw new coding_exception("Class {$class} must be defined in {$file}.");
 104          }
 105          self::$questiontypes[$qtypename] = new $class();
 106          return self::$questiontypes[$qtypename];
 107      }
 108  
 109      /**
 110       * Load the question configuration data from config_plugins.
 111       * @return object get_config('question') with caching.
 112       */
 113      public static function get_config() {
 114          if (is_null(self::$questionconfig)) {
 115              self::$questionconfig = get_config('question');
 116          }
 117          return self::$questionconfig;
 118      }
 119  
 120      /**
 121       * @param string $qtypename the internal name of a question type. For example multichoice.
 122       * @return bool whether users are allowed to create questions of this type.
 123       */
 124      public static function qtype_enabled($qtypename) {
 125          $config = self::get_config();
 126          $enabledvar = $qtypename . '_disabled';
 127          return self::qtype_exists($qtypename) && empty($config->$enabledvar) &&
 128                  self::get_qtype($qtypename)->menu_name() != '';
 129      }
 130  
 131      /**
 132       * @param string $qtypename the internal name of a question type. For example multichoice.
 133       * @return bool whether this question type exists.
 134       */
 135      public static function qtype_exists($qtypename) {
 136          return array_key_exists($qtypename, core_component::get_plugin_list('qtype'));
 137      }
 138  
 139      /**
 140       * @param $qtypename the internal name of a question type, for example multichoice.
 141       * @return string the human_readable name of this question type, from the language pack.
 142       */
 143      public static function get_qtype_name($qtypename) {
 144          return self::get_qtype($qtypename)->local_name();
 145      }
 146  
 147      /**
 148       * @return array all the installed question types.
 149       */
 150      public static function get_all_qtypes() {
 151          $qtypes = array();
 152          foreach (core_component::get_plugin_list('qtype') as $plugin => $notused) {
 153              try {
 154                  $qtypes[$plugin] = self::get_qtype($plugin);
 155              } catch (coding_exception $e) {
 156                  // Catching coding_exceptions here means that incompatible
 157                  // question types do not cause the rest of Moodle to break.
 158              }
 159          }
 160          return $qtypes;
 161      }
 162  
 163      /**
 164       * Sort an array of question types according to the order the admin set up,
 165       * and then alphabetically for the rest.
 166       * @param array qtype->name() => qtype->local_name().
 167       * @return array sorted array.
 168       */
 169      public static function sort_qtype_array($qtypes, $config = null) {
 170          if (is_null($config)) {
 171              $config = self::get_config();
 172          }
 173  
 174          $sortorder = array();
 175          $otherqtypes = array();
 176          foreach ($qtypes as $name => $localname) {
 177              $sortvar = $name . '_sortorder';
 178              if (isset($config->$sortvar)) {
 179                  $sortorder[$config->$sortvar] = $name;
 180              } else {
 181                  $otherqtypes[$name] = $localname;
 182              }
 183          }
 184  
 185          ksort($sortorder);
 186          core_collator::asort($otherqtypes);
 187  
 188          $sortedqtypes = array();
 189          foreach ($sortorder as $name) {
 190              $sortedqtypes[$name] = $qtypes[$name];
 191          }
 192          foreach ($otherqtypes as $name => $notused) {
 193              $sortedqtypes[$name] = $qtypes[$name];
 194          }
 195          return $sortedqtypes;
 196      }
 197  
 198      /**
 199       * @return array all the question types that users are allowed to create,
 200       *      sorted into the preferred order set on the admin screen.
 201       */
 202      public static function get_creatable_qtypes() {
 203          $config = self::get_config();
 204          $allqtypes = self::get_all_qtypes();
 205  
 206          $qtypenames = array();
 207          foreach ($allqtypes as $name => $qtype) {
 208              if (self::qtype_enabled($name)) {
 209                  $qtypenames[$name] = $qtype->local_name();
 210              }
 211          }
 212  
 213          $qtypenames = self::sort_qtype_array($qtypenames);
 214  
 215          $creatableqtypes = array();
 216          foreach ($qtypenames as $name => $notused) {
 217              $creatableqtypes[$name] = $allqtypes[$name];
 218          }
 219          return $creatableqtypes;
 220      }
 221  
 222      /**
 223       * Load the question definition class(es) belonging to a question type. That is,
 224       * include_once('/question/type/' . $qtypename . '/question.php'), with a bit
 225       * of checking.
 226       * @param string $qtypename the question type name. For example 'multichoice' or 'shortanswer'.
 227       */
 228      public static function load_question_definition_classes($qtypename) {
 229          global $CFG;
 230          if (isset(self::$loadedqdefs[$qtypename])) {
 231              return;
 232          }
 233          $file = $CFG->dirroot . '/question/type/' . $qtypename . '/question.php';
 234          if (!is_readable($file)) {
 235              throw new coding_exception('Unknown question type (no definition) ' . $qtypename);
 236          }
 237          include_once($file);
 238          self::$loadedqdefs[$qtypename] = 1;
 239      }
 240  
 241      /**
 242       * This method needs to be called whenever a question is edited.
 243       */
 244      public static function notify_question_edited($questionid) {
 245          question_finder::get_instance()->uncache_question($questionid);
 246      }
 247  
 248      /**
 249       * Load a question definition data from the database. The data will be
 250       * returned as a plain stdClass object.
 251       * @param int $questionid the id of the question to load.
 252       * @return object question definition loaded from the database.
 253       */
 254      public static function load_question_data($questionid) {
 255          return question_finder::get_instance()->load_question_data($questionid);
 256      }
 257  
 258      /**
 259       * Load a question definition from the database. The object returned
 260       * will actually be of an appropriate {@link question_definition} subclass.
 261       * @param int $questionid the id of the question to load.
 262       * @param bool $allowshuffle if false, then any shuffle option on the selected
 263       *      quetsion is disabled.
 264       * @return question_definition loaded from the database.
 265       */
 266      public static function load_question($questionid, $allowshuffle = true) {
 267  
 268          if (self::$testmode) {
 269              // Evil, test code in production, but no way round it.
 270              return self::return_test_question_data($questionid);
 271          }
 272  
 273          $questiondata = self::load_question_data($questionid);
 274  
 275          if (!$allowshuffle) {
 276              $questiondata->options->shuffleanswers = false;
 277          }
 278          return self::make_question($questiondata);
 279      }
 280  
 281      /**
 282       * Convert the question information loaded with {@link get_question_options()}
 283       * to a question_definintion object.
 284       * @param object $questiondata raw data loaded from the database.
 285       * @return question_definition loaded from the database.
 286       */
 287      public static function make_question($questiondata) {
 288          return self::get_qtype($questiondata->qtype, false)->make_question($questiondata, false);
 289      }
 290  
 291      /**
 292       * @return question_finder a question finder.
 293       */
 294      public static function get_finder() {
 295          return question_finder::get_instance();
 296      }
 297  
 298      /**
 299       * Only to be called from unit tests. Allows {@link load_test_data()} to be used.
 300       */
 301      public static function start_unit_test() {
 302          self::$testmode = true;
 303      }
 304  
 305      /**
 306       * Only to be called from unit tests. Allows {@link load_test_data()} to be used.
 307       */
 308      public static function end_unit_test() {
 309          self::$testmode = false;
 310          self::$testdata = array();
 311      }
 312  
 313      private static function return_test_question_data($questionid) {
 314          if (!isset(self::$testdata[$questionid])) {
 315              throw new coding_exception('question_bank::return_test_data(' . $questionid .
 316                      ') called, but no matching question has been loaded by load_test_data.');
 317          }
 318          return self::$testdata[$questionid];
 319      }
 320  
 321      /**
 322       * To be used for unit testing only. Will throw an exception if
 323       * {@link start_unit_test()} has not been called first.
 324       * @param object $questiondata a question data object to put in the test data store.
 325       */
 326      public static function load_test_question_data(question_definition $question) {
 327          if (!self::$testmode) {
 328              throw new coding_exception('question_bank::load_test_data called when ' .
 329                      'not in test mode.');
 330          }
 331          self::$testdata[$question->id] = $question;
 332      }
 333  
 334      protected static function ensure_fraction_options_initialised() {
 335          if (!is_null(self::$fractionoptions)) {
 336              return;
 337          }
 338  
 339          // define basic array of grades. This list comprises all fractions of the form:
 340          // a. p/q for q <= 6, 0 <= p <= q
 341          // b. p/10 for 0 <= p <= 10
 342          // c. 1/q for 1 <= q <= 10
 343          // d. 1/20
 344          $rawfractions = array(
 345              0.9000000,
 346              0.8333333,
 347              0.8000000,
 348              0.7500000,
 349              0.7000000,
 350              0.6666667,
 351              0.6000000,
 352              0.5000000,
 353              0.4000000,
 354              0.3333333,
 355              0.3000000,
 356              0.2500000,
 357              0.2000000,
 358              0.1666667,
 359              0.1428571,
 360              0.1250000,
 361              0.1111111,
 362              0.1000000,
 363              0.0500000,
 364          );
 365  
 366          // Put the None option at the top.
 367          self::$fractionoptions = array(
 368              '0.0' => get_string('none'),
 369              '1.0' => '100%',
 370          );
 371          self::$fractionoptionsfull = array(
 372              '0.0' => get_string('none'),
 373              '1.0' => '100%',
 374          );
 375  
 376          // The the positive grades in descending order.
 377          foreach ($rawfractions as $fraction) {
 378              $percentage = format_float(100 * $fraction, 5, true, true) . '%';
 379              self::$fractionoptions["{$fraction}"] = $percentage;
 380              self::$fractionoptionsfull["{$fraction}"] = $percentage;
 381          }
 382  
 383          // The the negative grades in descending order.
 384          foreach (array_reverse($rawfractions) as $fraction) {
 385              self::$fractionoptionsfull['' . (-$fraction)] =
 386                      format_float(-100 * $fraction, 5, true, true) . '%';
 387          }
 388  
 389          self::$fractionoptionsfull['-1.0'] = '-100%';
 390      }
 391  
 392      /**
 393       * @return array string => string The standard set of grade options (fractions)
 394       * to use when editing questions, in the range 0 to 1 inclusive. Array keys
 395       * are string becuase: a) we want grades to exactly 7 d.p., and b. you can't
 396       * have float array keys in PHP.
 397       * Initialised by {@link ensure_grade_options_initialised()}.
 398       */
 399      public static function fraction_options() {
 400          self::ensure_fraction_options_initialised();
 401          return self::$fractionoptions;
 402      }
 403  
 404      /** @return array string => string The full standard set of (fractions) -1 to 1 inclusive. */
 405      public static function fraction_options_full() {
 406          self::ensure_fraction_options_initialised();
 407          return self::$fractionoptionsfull;
 408      }
 409  
 410      /**
 411       * Return a list of the different question types present in the given categories.
 412       *
 413       * @param  array $categories a list of category ids
 414       * @return array the list of question types in the categories
 415       * @since  Moodle 3.1
 416       */
 417      public static function get_all_question_types_in_categories($categories) {
 418          global $DB;
 419  
 420          list($categorysql, $params) = $DB->get_in_or_equal($categories);
 421          $sql = "SELECT DISTINCT q.qtype
 422                             FROM {question} q
 423                             JOIN {question_versions} qv ON qv.questionid = q.id
 424                             JOIN {question_bank_entries} qbe ON qbe.id = qv.questionbankentryid
 425                            WHERE qbe.questioncategoryid $categorysql";
 426  
 427          $qtypes = $DB->get_fieldset_sql($sql, $params);
 428          return $qtypes;
 429      }
 430  }
 431  
 432  
 433  /**
 434   * Class for loading questions according to various criteria.
 435   *
 436   * @copyright  2009 The Open University
 437   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 438   */
 439  class question_finder implements cache_data_source {
 440      /** @var question_finder the singleton instance of this class. */
 441      protected static $questionfinder = null;
 442  
 443      /**
 444       * @return question_finder a question finder.
 445       */
 446      public static function get_instance() {
 447          if (is_null(self::$questionfinder)) {
 448              self::$questionfinder = new question_finder();
 449          }
 450          return self::$questionfinder;
 451      }
 452  
 453      /* See cache_data_source::get_instance_for_cache. */
 454      public static function get_instance_for_cache(cache_definition $definition) {
 455          return self::get_instance();
 456      }
 457  
 458      /**
 459       * @return cache_application the question definition cache we are using.
 460       */
 461      protected function get_data_cache() {
 462          // Do not double cache here because it may break cache resetting.
 463          return cache::make('core', 'questiondata');
 464      }
 465  
 466      /**
 467       * This method needs to be called whenever a question is edited.
 468       */
 469      public function uncache_question($questionid) {
 470          $this->get_data_cache()->delete($questionid);
 471      }
 472  
 473      /**
 474       * Load a question definition data from the database. The data will be
 475       * returned as a plain stdClass object.
 476       * @param int $questionid the id of the question to load.
 477       * @return object question definition loaded from the database.
 478       */
 479      public function load_question_data($questionid) {
 480          return $this->get_data_cache()->get($questionid);
 481      }
 482  
 483      /**
 484       * Get the ids of all the questions in a list of categories.
 485       * @param array $categoryids either a categoryid, or a comma-separated list
 486       *      category ids, or an array of them.
 487       * @param string $extraconditions extra conditions to AND with the rest of
 488       *      the where clause. Must use named parameters.
 489       * @param array $extraparams any parameters used by $extraconditions.
 490       * @return array questionid => questionid.
 491       */
 492      public function get_questions_from_categories($categoryids, $extraconditions,
 493              $extraparams = array()) {
 494          global $DB;
 495  
 496          list($qcsql, $qcparams) = $DB->get_in_or_equal($categoryids, SQL_PARAMS_NAMED, 'qc');
 497  
 498          if ($extraconditions) {
 499              $extraconditions = ' AND (' . $extraconditions . ')';
 500          }
 501          $qcparams['readystatus'] = \core_question\local\bank\question_version_status::QUESTION_STATUS_READY;
 502          $sql = "SELECT q.id, q.id AS id2
 503                    FROM {question} q
 504                    JOIN {question_versions} qv ON qv.questionid = q.id
 505                    JOIN {question_bank_entries} qbe ON qbe.id = qv.questionbankentryid
 506                   WHERE qbe.questioncategoryid {$qcsql}
 507                         AND q.parent = 0
 508                         AND qv.status = :readystatus
 509                         {$extraconditions}";
 510  
 511          return $DB->get_records_sql_menu($sql, $qcparams + $extraparams);
 512      }
 513  
 514      /**
 515       * Get the ids of all the questions in a list of categories, with the number
 516       * of times they have already been used in a given set of usages.
 517       *
 518       * The result array is returned in order of increasing (count previous uses).
 519       *
 520       * @param array $categoryids an array question_category ids.
 521       * @param qubaid_condition $qubaids which question_usages to count previous uses from.
 522       * @param string $extraconditions extra conditions to AND with the rest of
 523       *      the where clause. Must use named parameters.
 524       * @param array $extraparams any parameters used by $extraconditions.
 525       * @return array questionid => count of number of previous uses.
 526       */
 527      public function get_questions_from_categories_with_usage_counts($categoryids,
 528              qubaid_condition $qubaids, $extraconditions = '', $extraparams = array()) {
 529          return $this->get_questions_from_categories_and_tags_with_usage_counts(
 530                  $categoryids, $qubaids, $extraconditions, $extraparams);
 531      }
 532  
 533      /**
 534       * Get the ids of all the questions in a list of categories that have ALL the provided tags,
 535       * with the number of times they have already been used in a given set of usages.
 536       *
 537       * The result array is returned in order of increasing (count previous uses).
 538       *
 539       * @param array $categoryids an array of question_category ids.
 540       * @param qubaid_condition $qubaids which question_usages to count previous uses from.
 541       * @param string $extraconditions extra conditions to AND with the rest of
 542       *      the where clause. Must use named parameters.
 543       * @param array $extraparams any parameters used by $extraconditions.
 544       * @param array $tagids an array of tag ids
 545       * @return array questionid => count of number of previous uses.
 546       */
 547      public function get_questions_from_categories_and_tags_with_usage_counts($categoryids,
 548              qubaid_condition $qubaids, $extraconditions = '', $extraparams = array(), $tagids = array()) {
 549          global $DB;
 550  
 551          list($qcsql, $qcparams) = $DB->get_in_or_equal($categoryids, SQL_PARAMS_NAMED, 'qc');
 552  
 553          $readystatus = \core_question\local\bank\question_version_status::QUESTION_STATUS_READY;
 554          $select = "q.id, (SELECT COUNT(1)
 555                              FROM " . $qubaids->from_question_attempts('qa') . "
 556                             WHERE qa.questionid = q.id AND " . $qubaids->where() . "
 557                           ) AS previous_attempts";
 558          $from   = "{question} q";
 559          $join   = "JOIN {question_versions} qv ON qv.questionid = q.id
 560                     JOIN {question_bank_entries} qbe ON qbe.id = qv.questionbankentryid";
 561          $from = $from . " " . $join;
 562          $where  = "qbe.questioncategoryid {$qcsql}
 563                 AND q.parent = 0
 564                 AND qv.status = '$readystatus'
 565                 AND qv.version = (SELECT MAX(v.version)
 566                                    FROM {question_versions} v
 567                                    JOIN {question_bank_entries} be
 568                                      ON be.id = v.questionbankentryid
 569                                   WHERE be.id = qbe.id)";
 570          $params = $qcparams;
 571  
 572          if (!empty($tagids)) {
 573              // We treat each additional tag as an AND condition rather than
 574              // an OR condition.
 575              //
 576              // For example, if the user filters by the tags "foo" and "bar" then
 577              // we reduce the question list to questions that are tagged with both
 578              // "foo" AND "bar". Any question that does not have ALL of the specified
 579              // tags will be omitted.
 580              list($tagsql, $tagparams) = $DB->get_in_or_equal($tagids, SQL_PARAMS_NAMED, 'ti');
 581              $tagparams['tagcount'] = count($tagids);
 582              $tagparams['questionitemtype'] = 'question';
 583              $tagparams['questioncomponent'] = 'core_question';
 584              $where .= " AND q.id IN (SELECT ti.itemid
 585                                         FROM {tag_instance} ti
 586                                        WHERE ti.itemtype = :questionitemtype
 587                                              AND ti.component = :questioncomponent
 588                                              AND ti.tagid {$tagsql}
 589                                     GROUP BY ti.itemid
 590                                       HAVING COUNT(itemid) = :tagcount)";
 591              $params += $tagparams;
 592          }
 593  
 594          if ($extraconditions) {
 595              $extraconditions = ' AND (' . $extraconditions . ')';
 596          }
 597  
 598          return $DB->get_records_sql_menu("SELECT $select
 599                                                  FROM $from
 600                                                 WHERE $where $extraconditions
 601                                              ORDER BY previous_attempts",
 602                  $qubaids->from_where_params() + $params + $extraparams);
 603      }
 604  
 605      /* See cache_data_source::load_for_cache. */
 606      public function load_for_cache($questionid) {
 607          global $DB;
 608  
 609          $sql = 'SELECT q.id, qc.id as category, q.parent, q.name, q.questiontext, q.questiontextformat,
 610                         q.generalfeedback, q.generalfeedbackformat, q.defaultmark, q.penalty, q.qtype,
 611                         q.length, q.stamp, q.timecreated, q.timemodified,
 612                         q.createdby, q.modifiedby, qbe.idnumber,
 613                         qc.contextid,
 614                         qv.status,
 615                         qv.id as versionid,
 616                         qv.version,
 617                         qv.questionbankentryid
 618                    FROM {question} q
 619                    JOIN {question_versions} qv ON qv.questionid = q.id
 620                    JOIN {question_bank_entries} qbe ON qbe.id = qv.questionbankentryid
 621                    JOIN {question_categories} qc ON qc.id = qbe.questioncategoryid
 622                   WHERE q.id = :id';
 623  
 624          $questiondata = $DB->get_record_sql($sql, ['id' => $questionid], MUST_EXIST);
 625          get_question_options($questiondata);
 626          return $questiondata;
 627      }
 628  
 629      /* See cache_data_source::load_many_for_cache. */
 630      public function load_many_for_cache(array $questionids) {
 631          global $DB;
 632          list($idcondition, $params) = $DB->get_in_or_equal($questionids);
 633          $sql = 'SELECT q.id, qc.id as category, q.parent, q.name, q.questiontext, q.questiontextformat,
 634                         q.generalfeedback, q.generalfeedbackformat, q.defaultmark, q.penalty, q.qtype,
 635                         q.length, q.stamp, q.timecreated, q.timemodified,
 636                         q.createdby, q.modifiedby, qbe.idnumber,
 637                         qc.contextid,
 638                         qv.status,
 639                         qv.id as versionid,
 640                         qv.version,
 641                         qv.questionbankentryid
 642                    FROM {question} q
 643                    JOIN {question_versions} qv ON qv.questionid = q.id
 644                    JOIN {question_bank_entries} qbe ON qbe.id = qv.questionbankentryid
 645                    JOIN {question_categories} qc ON qc.id = qbe.questioncategoryid
 646                   WHERE q.id ';
 647  
 648          $questiondata = $DB->get_records_sql($sql . $idcondition, $params);
 649  
 650          foreach ($questionids as $id) {
 651              if (!array_key_exists($id, $questiondata)) {
 652                  throw new dml_missing_record_exception('question', '', ['id' => $id]);
 653              }
 654              get_question_options($questiondata[$id]);
 655          }
 656          return $questiondata;
 657      }
 658  }