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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.
<?php
// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
//
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/**
 * The questiontype class for the multiple choice question type.
 *
 * @package    qtype
 * @subpackage multichoice
 * @copyright  1999 onwards Martin Dougiamas  {@link http://moodle.com}
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */


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

global $CFG;
require_once($CFG->libdir . '/questionlib.php');


/**
 * The multiple choice question type.
 *
 * @copyright  1999 onwards Martin Dougiamas  {@link http://moodle.com}
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */
class qtype_multichoice extends question_type {
    public function get_question_options($question) {
        global $DB, $OUTPUT;

        $question->options = $DB->get_record('qtype_multichoice_options', ['questionid' => $question->id]);

        if ($question->options === false) {
            // If this has happened, then we have a problem.
            // For the user to be able to edit or delete this question, we need options.
            debugging("Question ID {$question->id} was missing an options record. Using default.", DEBUG_DEVELOPER);

            $question->options = $this->create_default_options($question);
        }

        parent::get_question_options($question);
    }

    /**
     * Create a default options object for the provided question.
     *
     * @param object $question The queston we are working with.
     * @return object The options object.
     */
    protected function create_default_options($question) {
        // Create a default question options record.
        $options = new stdClass();
        $options->questionid = $question->id;

        // Get the default strings and just set the format.
        $options->correctfeedback = get_string('correctfeedbackdefault', 'question');
        $options->correctfeedbackformat = FORMAT_HTML;
        $options->partiallycorrectfeedback = get_string('partiallycorrectfeedbackdefault', 'question');;
        $options->partiallycorrectfeedbackformat = FORMAT_HTML;
        $options->incorrectfeedback = get_string('incorrectfeedbackdefault', 'question');
        $options->incorrectfeedbackformat = FORMAT_HTML;

        $config = get_config('qtype_multichoice');
        $options->single = $config->answerhowmany;
        if (isset($question->layout)) {
            $options->layout = $question->layout;
        }
        $options->answernumbering = $config->answernumbering;
        $options->shuffleanswers = $config->shuffleanswers;
        $options->showstandardinstruction = 0;
        $options->shownumcorrect = 1;

        return $options;
    }

> public function save_defaults_for_new_questions(stdClass $fromform): void { public function save_question_options($question) { > parent::save_defaults_for_new_questions($fromform); global $DB; > $this->set_default_value('single', $fromform->single); $context = $question->context; > $this->set_default_value('shuffleanswers', $fromform->shuffleanswers); $result = new stdClass(); > $this->set_default_value('answernumbering', $fromform->answernumbering); > $this->set_default_value('showstandardinstruction', $fromform->showstandardinstruction); $oldanswers = $DB->get_records('question_answers', > } array('question' => $question->id), 'id ASC'); >
// Following hack to check at least two answers exist. $answercount = 0; foreach ($question->answer as $key => $answer) { if ($answer != '') { $answercount++; } } if ($answercount < 2) { // Check there are at lest 2 answers for multiple choice. $result->error = get_string('notenoughanswers', 'qtype_multichoice', '2'); return $result; } // Insert all the new answers. $totalfraction = 0; $maxfraction = -1; foreach ($question->answer as $key => $answerdata) { if (trim($answerdata['text']) == '') { continue; } // Update an existing answer if possible. $answer = array_shift($oldanswers); if (!$answer) { $answer = new stdClass(); $answer->question = $question->id; $answer->answer = ''; $answer->feedback = ''; $answer->id = $DB->insert_record('question_answers', $answer); } // Doing an import. $answer->answer = $this->import_or_save_files($answerdata, $context, 'question', 'answer', $answer->id); $answer->answerformat = $answerdata['format']; $answer->fraction = $question->fraction[$key]; $answer->feedback = $this->import_or_save_files($question->feedback[$key], $context, 'question', 'answerfeedback', $answer->id); $answer->feedbackformat = $question->feedback[$key]['format']; $DB->update_record('question_answers', $answer); if ($question->fraction[$key] > 0) { $totalfraction += $question->fraction[$key]; } if ($question->fraction[$key] > $maxfraction) { $maxfraction = $question->fraction[$key]; } } // Delete any left over old answer records. $fs = get_file_storage(); foreach ($oldanswers as $oldanswer) { $fs->delete_area_files($context->id, 'question', 'answerfeedback', $oldanswer->id); $DB->delete_records('question_answers', array('id' => $oldanswer->id)); } $options = $DB->get_record('qtype_multichoice_options', array('questionid' => $question->id)); if (!$options) { $options = new stdClass(); $options->questionid = $question->id; $options->correctfeedback = ''; $options->partiallycorrectfeedback = ''; $options->incorrectfeedback = ''; $options->showstandardinstruction = 0; $options->id = $DB->insert_record('qtype_multichoice_options', $options); } $options->single = $question->single; if (isset($question->layout)) { $options->layout = $question->layout; } $options->answernumbering = $question->answernumbering; $options->shuffleanswers = $question->shuffleanswers; $options->showstandardinstruction = !empty($question->showstandardinstruction); $options = $this->save_combined_feedback_helper($options, $question, $context, true); $DB->update_record('qtype_multichoice_options', $options); $this->save_hints($question, true); // Perform sanity checks on fractional grades. if ($options->single) { if ($maxfraction != 1) { $result->noticeyesno = get_string('fractionsnomax', 'qtype_multichoice', $maxfraction * 100); return $result; } } else { $totalfraction = round($totalfraction, 2); if ($totalfraction != 1) { $result->noticeyesno = get_string('fractionsaddwrong', 'qtype_multichoice', $totalfraction * 100); return $result; } } } protected function make_question_instance($questiondata) { question_bank::load_question_definition_classes($this->name()); if ($questiondata->options->single) { $class = 'qtype_multichoice_single_question'; } else { $class = 'qtype_multichoice_multi_question'; } return new $class(); } protected function make_hint($hint) { return question_hint_with_parts::load_from_record($hint); } protected function initialise_question_instance(question_definition $question, $questiondata) { parent::initialise_question_instance($question, $questiondata); $question->shuffleanswers = $questiondata->options->shuffleanswers; $question->answernumbering = $questiondata->options->answernumbering; $question->showstandardinstruction = $questiondata->options->showstandardinstruction; if (!empty($questiondata->options->layout)) { $question->layout = $questiondata->options->layout; } else { $question->layout = qtype_multichoice_single_question::LAYOUT_VERTICAL; } $this->initialise_combined_feedback($question, $questiondata, true); $this->initialise_question_answers($question, $questiondata, false); } public function make_answer($answer) { // Overridden just so we can make it public for use by question.php. return parent::make_answer($answer); } public function delete_question($questionid, $contextid) { global $DB; $DB->delete_records('qtype_multichoice_options', array('questionid' => $questionid)); parent::delete_question($questionid, $contextid); } public function get_random_guess_score($questiondata) { if (!$questiondata->options->single) { // Pretty much impossible to compute for _multi questions. Don't try. return null; } // Single choice questions - average choice fraction. $totalfraction = 0; foreach ($questiondata->options->answers as $answer) { $totalfraction += $answer->fraction; } return $totalfraction / count($questiondata->options->answers); } public function get_possible_responses($questiondata) { if ($questiondata->options->single) { $responses = array(); foreach ($questiondata->options->answers as $aid => $answer) { $responses[$aid] = new question_possible_response( question_utils::to_plain_text($answer->answer, $answer->answerformat), $answer->fraction); } $responses[null] = question_possible_response::no_response(); return array($questiondata->id => $responses); } else { $parts = array(); foreach ($questiondata->options->answers as $aid => $answer) { $parts[$aid] = array($aid => new question_possible_response( question_utils::to_plain_text($answer->answer, $answer->answerformat), $answer->fraction)); } return $parts; } } /** * @return array of the numbering styles supported. For each one, there * should be a lang string answernumberingxxx in teh qtype_multichoice * language file, and a case in the switch statement in number_in_style, * and it should be listed in the definition of this column in install.xml. */ public static function get_numbering_styles() { $styles = array(); foreach (array('abc', 'ABCD', '123', 'iii', 'IIII', 'none') as $numberingoption) { $styles[$numberingoption] = get_string('answernumbering' . $numberingoption, 'qtype_multichoice'); } return $styles; } public function move_files($questionid, $oldcontextid, $newcontextid) { parent::move_files($questionid, $oldcontextid, $newcontextid); $this->move_files_in_answers($questionid, $oldcontextid, $newcontextid, true); $this->move_files_in_combined_feedback($questionid, $oldcontextid, $newcontextid); $this->move_files_in_hints($questionid, $oldcontextid, $newcontextid); } protected function delete_files($questionid, $contextid) { parent::delete_files($questionid, $contextid); $this->delete_files_in_answers($questionid, $contextid, true); $this->delete_files_in_combined_feedback($questionid, $contextid); $this->delete_files_in_hints($questionid, $contextid); } }