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  • Bug fixes for general core bugs in 4.2.x will end 22 April 2024 (12 months).
  • Bug fixes for security issues in 4.2.x will end 7 October 2024 (18 months).
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<?php
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namespace mod_assign\external;

> use core_external\external_function_parameters; /** > use core_external\external_single_structure; * External function to notify Moodle that an assignment submission is starting. > use core_external\external_value; * > use core_external\external_warnings; * @package mod_assign >
* @author Andrew Madden <andrewmadden@catalyst-au.net> * @copyright 2021 Catalyst IT * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later */ class start_submission extends external_api { /** * Describes the parameters for submission_start. *
< * @return \external_function_parameters
> * @return external_function_parameters
* @since Moodle 4.0 */
< public static function execute_parameters(): \external_function_parameters { < return new \external_function_parameters ([ < 'assignid' => new \external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Assignment instance id'),
> public static function execute_parameters(): external_function_parameters { > return new external_function_parameters ([ > 'assignid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Assignment instance id'),
] ); } /** * Call to start an assignment submission. * * @param int $assignid Assignment ID. * @return array * @since Moodle 4.0 */ public static function execute(int $assignid): array { global $DB, $USER; $result = $warnings = []; $submission = null; [ 'assignid' => $assignid, ] = self::validate_parameters(self::execute_parameters(), [ 'assignid' => $assignid, ]); list($assignment, $course, $cm, $context) = self::validate_assign($assignid); $assignment->update_effective_access($USER->id); $latestsubmission = external_api::get_user_or_group_submission($assignment, $USER->id); if (!$assignment->submissions_open($USER->id)) { $warnings[] = self::generate_warning($assignid, 'submissionnotopen', get_string('submissionnotopen', 'assign')); } if (!$assignment->is_time_limit_enabled()) { $warnings[] = self::generate_warning($assignid, 'timelimitnotenabled', get_string('timelimitnotenabled', 'assign')); } else if ($assignment->is_attempt_in_progress()) { $warnings[] = self::generate_warning($assignid, 'opensubmissionexists', get_string('opensubmissionexists', 'assign')); } if (empty($warnings)) { // If there is an open submission with no start time, use latest submission, otherwise create a new submission. if (!empty($latestsubmission) && $latestsubmission->status !== ASSIGN_SUBMISSION_STATUS_SUBMITTED && empty($latestsubmission->timestarted)) { $submission = $latestsubmission; } else { $submission = external_api::get_user_or_group_submission($assignment, $USER->id, 0, true); } // Set the start time of the submission. $submission->timestarted = time(); $DB->update_record('assign_submission', $submission); } $result['submissionid'] = $submission ? $submission->id : 0; $result['warnings'] = $warnings; return $result; } /** * Describes the submission_start return value. *
< * @return \external_single_structure
> * @return external_single_structure
* @since Moodle 4.0 */
< public static function execute_returns(): \external_single_structure { < return new \external_single_structure([ < 'submissionid' => new \external_value(PARAM_INT, 'New submission ID.'), < 'warnings' => new \external_warnings(),
> public static function execute_returns(): external_single_structure { > return new external_single_structure([ > 'submissionid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'New submission ID.'), > 'warnings' => new external_warnings(),
]); } }