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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
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//
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// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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/**
 * Rating external API
 *
 * @package    core_rating
 * @category   external
 * @copyright  2015 Costantino Cito <ccito@cvaconsulting.com>
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 * @since      Moodle 2.9
 */

defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die;

require_once("$CFG->libdir/externallib.php");
require_once("$CFG->dirroot/rating/lib.php");

/**
 * Rating external functions
 *
 * @package    core_rating
 * @category   external
 * @copyright  2015 Costantino Cito <ccito@cvaconsulting.com>
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 * @since      Moodle 2.9
 */
class core_rating_external extends external_api {

    /**
     * Returns description of get_item_ratings parameters.
     *
     * @return external_function_parameters
     * @since Moodle 2.9
     */
    public static function get_item_ratings_parameters() {
        return new external_function_parameters (
            array(
                'contextlevel'  => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA, 'context level: course, module, user, etc...'),
                'instanceid'    => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'the instance id of item associated with the context level'),
                'component'     => new external_value(PARAM_COMPONENT, 'component'),
                'ratingarea'    => new external_value(PARAM_AREA, 'rating area'),
                'itemid'        => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'associated id'),
                'scaleid'       => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'scale id'),
                'sort'          => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA, 'sort order (firstname, rating or timemodified)')
            )
        );
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve a list of ratings for a given item (forum post etc)
     *
     * @param string $contextlevel course, module, user...
     * @param int $instanceid the instance if for the context element
     * @param string $component the name of the component
     * @param string $ratingarea rating area
     * @param int $itemid the item id
     * @param int $scaleid the scale id
     * @param string $sort sql order (firstname, rating or timemodified)
     * @return array Result and possible warnings
     * @throws moodle_exception
     * @since Moodle 2.9
     */
    public static function get_item_ratings($contextlevel, $instanceid, $component, $ratingarea, $itemid, $scaleid, $sort) {
        global $USER, $PAGE;

        $warnings = array();

        $arrayparams = array(
            'contextlevel' => $contextlevel,
            'instanceid'   => $instanceid,
            'component'    => $component,
            'ratingarea'   => $ratingarea,
            'itemid'       => $itemid,
            'scaleid'      => $scaleid,
            'sort'         => $sort
        );

        // Validate and normalize parameters.
        $params = self::validate_parameters(self::get_item_ratings_parameters(), $arrayparams);

        $context = self::get_context_from_params($params);
        self::validate_context($context);

        // Minimal capability required.
        $callbackparams = array('contextid' => $context->id,
                        'component' => $component,
                        'ratingarea' => $ratingarea,
                        'itemid' => $itemid,
                        'scaleid' => $scaleid);
        if (!has_capability('moodle/rating:view', $context) ||
                !component_callback($component, 'rating_can_see_item_ratings', array($callbackparams), true)) {
            throw new moodle_exception('noviewrate', 'rating');
        }

        list($context, $course, $cm) = get_context_info_array($context->id);

        // Can we see all ratings?
        $canviewallratings = has_capability('moodle/rating:viewall', $context);

        // Create the Sql sort order string.
        switch ($params['sort']) {
            case 'firstname':
                $sqlsort = "u.firstname ASC";
                break;
            case 'rating':
                $sqlsort = "r.rating ASC";
                break;
            default:
                $sqlsort = "r.timemodified ASC";
        }

        $ratingoptions = new stdClass;
        $ratingoptions->context = $context;
        $ratingoptions->component = $params['component'];
        $ratingoptions->ratingarea = $params['ratingarea'];
        $ratingoptions->itemid = $params['itemid'];
        $ratingoptions->sort = $sqlsort;

        $rm = new rating_manager();
        $ratings = $rm->get_all_ratings_for_item($ratingoptions);
        $scalemenu = make_grades_menu($params['scaleid']);

        // If the scale was changed after ratings were submitted some ratings may have a value above the current maximum.
        // We can't just do count($scalemenu) - 1 as custom scales start at index 1, not 0.
        $maxrating = max(array_keys($scalemenu));

        $results = array();

        foreach ($ratings as $rating) {
            if ($canviewallratings || $USER->id == $rating->userid) {
                if ($rating->rating > $maxrating) {
                    $rating->rating = $maxrating;
                }

                $result = array();
                $result['id'] = $rating->id;
                $result['userid'] = $rating->userid;
                $result['userfullname'] = fullname($rating);
                $result['rating'] = $scalemenu[$rating->rating];
                $result['timemodified'] = $rating->timemodified;

                // The rating object has all the required fields for generating the picture url.
< // Undo the aliasing of the user id column from user_picture::fields().
> // Undo the aliasing of the user id column from fields::get_sql.
$rating->id = $rating->userid; $userpicture = new user_picture($rating); $userpicture->size = 1; // Size f1. $result['userpictureurl'] = $userpicture->get_url($PAGE)->out(false); $results[] = $result; } } return array( 'ratings' => $results, 'warnings' => $warnings ); } /** * Returns description of get_item_ratings result values. * * @return external_single_structure * @since Moodle 2.9 */ public static function get_item_ratings_returns() { return new external_single_structure( array( 'ratings' => new external_multiple_structure( new external_single_structure( array( 'id' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'rating id'), 'userid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'user id'), 'userpictureurl' => new external_value(PARAM_URL, 'URL user picture'), 'userfullname' => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'user fullname'), 'rating' => new external_value(PARAM_NOTAGS, 'rating on scale'), 'timemodified' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'time modified (timestamp)') ), 'Rating' ), 'list of ratings' ), 'warnings' => new external_warnings(), ) ); } /** * Returns description of add_rating parameters. * * @return external_function_parameters * @since Moodle 3.2 */ public static function add_rating_parameters() { return new external_function_parameters ( array( 'contextlevel' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHA, 'context level: course, module, user, etc...'), 'instanceid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'the instance id of item associated with the context level'), 'component' => new external_value(PARAM_COMPONENT, 'component'), 'ratingarea' => new external_value(PARAM_AREA, 'rating area'), 'itemid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'associated id'), 'scaleid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'scale id'), 'rating' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'user rating'), 'rateduserid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'rated user id'), 'aggregation' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'agreggation method', VALUE_DEFAULT, RATING_AGGREGATE_NONE) ) ); } /** * Adds a rating to an item * * @param string $contextlevel course, module, user... * @param int $instanceid the instance if for the context element * @param string $component the name of the component * @param string $ratingarea rating area * @param int $itemid the item id * @param int $scaleid the scale id * @param int $rating the user rating * @param int $rateduserid the rated user id * @param int $aggregation the aggregation method * @return array result and possible warnings * @throws moodle_exception * @since Moodle 3.2 */ public static function add_rating($contextlevel, $instanceid, $component, $ratingarea, $itemid, $scaleid, $rating, $rateduserid, $aggregation = RATING_AGGREGATE_NONE) { $warnings = array(); $params = array( 'contextlevel' => $contextlevel, 'instanceid' => $instanceid, 'component' => $component, 'ratingarea' => $ratingarea, 'itemid' => $itemid, 'scaleid' => $scaleid, 'rating' => $rating, 'rateduserid' => $rateduserid, 'aggregation' => $aggregation, ); // Validate and normalize parameters. $params = self::validate_parameters(self::add_rating_parameters(), $params); $context = self::get_context_from_params($params); self::validate_context($context); $cm = get_coursemodule_from_id(false, $context->instanceid, 0, false, MUST_EXIST); require_capability('moodle/rating:rate', $context); $rm = new rating_manager(); $result = $rm->add_rating($cm, $context, $params['component'], $params['ratingarea'], $params['itemid'], $params['scaleid'], $params['rating'], $params['rateduserid'], $params['aggregation']); if (!empty($result->error)) { throw new moodle_exception($result->error, 'rating'); } $returndata = array( 'success' => $result->success, 'warnings' => $warnings ); if (isset($result->aggregate)) { $returndata['aggregate'] = $result->aggregate; $returndata['count'] = $result->count; $returndata['itemid'] = $result->itemid; } return $returndata; } /** * Returns description of add_rating result values. * * @return external_single_structure * @since Moodle 3.2 */ public static function add_rating_returns() { return new external_single_structure( array( 'success' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, 'Whether the rate was successfully created'), 'aggregate' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'New aggregate', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'count' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Ratings count', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'itemid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Rating item id', VALUE_OPTIONAL), 'warnings' => new external_warnings(), ) ); } }