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Long Term Support Release

  • 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.
   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   * Abstract class for core_competency objects saved to the DB.
  19   *
  20   * @package    core_competency
  21   * @copyright  2015 Damyon Wiese
  22   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  23   */
  24  namespace core_competency;
  25  defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
  26  
  27  // We need to alias the invalid_persistent_exception, because the persistent classes from
  28  // core_competency used to throw a \core_competency\invalid_persistent_exception. They now
  29  // fully inherit from \core\persistent which throws a core exception. Using class_alias
  30  // ensures that previous try/catch statements still work. Also note that we always need
  31  // need to alias, we cannot do it passively in the classloader because try/catch statements
  32  // do not trigger a class loading. Note that for this trick to work, all the classes
  33  // which were extending \core_competency\persistent still need to extend it or the alias
  34  // won't be effective.
  35  class_alias('core\\invalid_persistent_exception', 'core_competency\\invalid_persistent_exception');
  36  
  37  /**
  38   * Abstract class for core_competency objects saved to the DB.
  39   *
  40   * This is a legacy class which all core_competency persistent classes created prior
  41   * to 3.3 must extend.
  42   *
  43   * @copyright  2015 Damyon Wiese
  44   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  45   */
  46  abstract class persistent extends \core\persistent {
  47      /**
  48       * Magic method to capture getters and setters.
  49       * This is only available for competency persistents for backwards compatibility.
  50       * It is recommended to use get('propertyname') and set('propertyname', 'value') directly.
  51       *
  52       * @param  string $method Callee.
  53       * @param  array $arguments List of arguments.
  54       * @return mixed
  55       */
  56      final public function __call($method, $arguments) {
  57          debugging('Use of magic setters and getters is deprecated. Use get() and set().', DEBUG_DEVELOPER);
  58          if (strpos($method, 'get_') === 0) {
  59              return $this->get(substr($method, 4));
  60          } else if (strpos($method, 'set_') === 0) {
  61              return $this->set(substr($method, 4), $arguments[0]);
  62          }
  63          throw new \coding_exception('Unexpected method call: ' . $method);
  64      }
  65  
  66  }