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General database export class

Copyright: 2008 Andrei Bautu
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Defines 1 class

database_exporter:: (2 methods):
  __construct()
  export_database()


Class: database_exporter  - X-Ref

Base class for database export operations. This class defines basic callbacks
for export operations and implements the @see export_database and

__construct(moodle_database $mdb, $check_schema=true)   X-Ref
Object constructor.

param: moodle_database $mdb Connection to the source database (a
param: boolean $check_schema - whether or not to check that XML database

export_database($description=null)   X-Ref
Generic method to export the database. It checks the schema (if

param: string $description a user description of the data.