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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.
<?php
// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
//
// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

/**
 * Code to update a user preference in response to an ajax call.
 *
 * You should not send requests to this script directly. Instead use the set_user_preference
 * function in javascript_static.js.
 *
 * @package    core
 * @category   preference
 * @copyright  2008 Tim Hunt
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */

require_once(__DIR__ . '/../../config.php');

// Check access.
if (!confirm_sesskey()) {
< print_error('invalidsesskey');
> throw new \moodle_exception('invalidsesskey');
} // Get the name of the preference to update, and check it is allowed. $name = required_param('pref', PARAM_RAW); if (!isset($USER->ajax_updatable_user_prefs[$name])) {
< print_error('notallowedtoupdateprefremotely');
> throw new \moodle_exception('notallowedtoupdateprefremotely');
} // Get and the value. $value = required_param('value', $USER->ajax_updatable_user_prefs[$name]); // Update if (!set_user_preference($name, $value)) {
< print_error('errorsettinguserpref');
> throw new \moodle_exception('errorsettinguserpref');
} echo 'OK';