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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.

Differences Between: [Versions 401 and 402] [Versions 401 and 403]

   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   * Handles external (web service) function calls related to search.
  19   *
  20   * @package core_search
  21   * @copyright 2017 The Open University
  22   * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  23   */
  24  
  25  namespace core_search;
  26  
  27  use core_user\external\user_summary_exporter;
  28  use \external_value;
  29  use \external_single_structure;
  30  use \external_multiple_structure;
  31  
  32  defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
  33  
  34  global $CFG;
  35  require_once($CFG->libdir . '/externallib.php');
  36  
  37  /**
  38   * Handles external (web service) function calls related to search.
  39   *
  40   * @package core_search
  41   * @copyright 2017 The Open University
  42   * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  43   */
  44  class external extends \external_api {
  45      /**
  46       * Returns parameter types for get_relevant_users function.
  47       *
  48       * @return \external_function_parameters Parameters
  49       */
  50      public static function get_relevant_users_parameters() {
  51          return new \external_function_parameters([
  52                  'query' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW,
  53                      'Query string (full or partial user full name or other details)'),
  54                  'courseid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Course id (0 if none)'),
  55                  ]);
  56      }
  57  
  58      /**
  59       * Returns result type for get_relevant_users function.
  60       *
  61       * @return \external_description Result type
  62       */
  63      public static function get_relevant_users_returns() {
  64          return new external_multiple_structure(
  65                  new external_single_structure([
  66                      'id' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'User id'),
  67                      'fullname' => new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'Full name as text'),
  68                      'profileimageurlsmall' => new external_value(PARAM_URL, 'URL to small profile image')
  69                  ]));
  70      }
  71  
  72      /**
  73       * Searches for users given a query, taking into account the current user's permissions and
  74       * possibly a course to check within.
  75       *
  76       * @param string $query Query text
  77       * @param int $courseid Course id or 0 if no restriction
  78       * @return array Defined return structure
  79       */
  80      public static function get_relevant_users($query, $courseid) {
  81          global $CFG, $PAGE;
  82  
  83          // Validate parameter.
  84          [
  85              'query' => $query,
  86              'courseid' => $courseid,
  87          ] = self::validate_parameters(self::get_relevant_users_parameters(), [
  88              'query' => $query,
  89              'courseid' => $courseid,
  90          ]);
  91  
  92          // Validate the context (search page is always system context).
  93          $systemcontext = \context_system::instance();
  94          self::validate_context($systemcontext);
  95  
  96          // Get course object too.
  97          if ($courseid) {
  98              $coursecontext = \context_course::instance($courseid);
  99          } else {
 100              $coursecontext = null;
 101          }
 102  
 103          // If not logged in, can't see anyone when forceloginforprofiles is on.
 104          if (!empty($CFG->forceloginforprofiles)) {
 105              if (!isloggedin() || isguestuser()) {
 106                  return [];
 107              }
 108          }
 109  
 110          $users = \core_user::search($query, $coursecontext);
 111  
 112          $result = [];
 113          foreach ($users as $user) {
 114              // Get a standard exported user object.
 115              $fulldetails = (new user_summary_exporter($user))->export($PAGE->get_renderer('core'));
 116  
 117              // To avoid leaking private data to students, only include the specific information we
 118              // are going to display (and not the email, idnumber, etc).
 119              $result[] = (object)['id' => $fulldetails->id, 'fullname' => $fulldetails->fullname,
 120                      'profileimageurlsmall' => $fulldetails->profileimageurlsmall];
 121          }
 122          return $result;
 123      }
 124  }