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  • Bug fixes for general core bugs in 4.1.x will end 13 November 2023 (12 months).
  • Bug fixes for security issues in 4.1.x will end 10 November 2025 (36 months).
  • PHP version: minimum PHP 7.4.0 Note: minimum PHP version has increased since Moodle 4.0. PHP 8.0.x is supported too.
<?php
// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
//
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/**
 * Reader helper trait.
 *
 * @package    tool_log
 * @copyright  2014 onwards Ankit Agarwal
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */

namespace tool_log\helper;

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

/**
 * Reader helper trait.
 * \tool_log\helper\store must be included before using this trait.
 *
 * @package    tool_log
 * @copyright  2014 onwards Ankit Agarwal
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 *
 * @property string $component Frankenstyle plugin name initialised in store trait.
 * @property string $store short plugin name initialised in store trait.
 */
trait reader {
    /**
     * Default get name api.
     *
     * @return string name of the store.
     */
    public function get_name() {
        if (get_string_manager()->string_exists('pluginname', $this->component)) {
            return get_string('pluginname', $this->component);
        }
        return $this->store;
    }

    /**
     * Default get description method.
     *
     * @return string description of the store.
     */
    public function get_description() {
        if (get_string_manager()->string_exists('pluginname_desc', $this->component)) {
            return get_string('pluginname_desc', $this->component);
        }
        return $this->store;
    }

    /**
     * Function decodes the other field into an array using either PHP serialisation or JSON.
     *
     * Note that this does not rely on the config setting, it supports both formats, so you can
     * use it for data before/after making a change to the config setting.
     *
     * The return value is usually an array but it can also be null or a boolean or something.
     *
     * @param string $other Other value
     * @return mixed Decoded value
     */
    public static function decode_other(?string $other) {
< if ($other === 'N;' || preg_match('~^.:~', $other)) { < return unserialize($other);
> if ($other === 'N;' || preg_match('~^.:~', $other ?? '')) { > return unserialize($other, ['allowed_classes' => [stdClass::class]]);
} else {
< return json_decode($other, true);
> return json_decode($other ?? '', true);
} } /** * Adds ID column to $sort to make sure events from one request * within 1 second are returned in the same order. * * @param string $sort * @return string sort string */ protected static function tweak_sort_by_id($sort) { if (empty($sort)) { // Mysql does this - unlikely to be used in real life because $sort is always expected. $sort = "id ASC"; } else if (stripos($sort, 'timecreated') === false) { $sort .= ", id ASC"; } else if (stripos($sort, 'timecreated DESC') !== false) { $sort .= ", id DESC"; } else { $sort .= ", id ASC"; } return $sort; } }