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  • Bug fixes for general core bugs in 4.3.x will end 7 October 2024 (12 months).
  • Bug fixes for security issues in 4.3.x will end 21 April 2025 (18 months).
  • PHP version: minimum PHP 8.0.0 Note: minimum PHP version has increased since Moodle 4.1. PHP 8.2.x is supported too.

Differences Between: [Versions 402 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  namespace core_external;
  18  
  19  /**
  20   * Common ancestor of all parameter description classes
  21   *
  22   * @package    core_external
  23   * @copyright  2009 Petr Skodak
  24   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  25   */
  26  abstract class external_description {
  27      /** @var string Description of element */
  28      public $desc;
  29  
  30      /** @var bool Element value required, null not allowed */
  31      public $required;
  32  
  33      /** @var mixed Default value */
  34      public $default;
  35  
  36      /** @var bool Allow null values */
  37      public $allownull;
  38  
  39      /**
  40       * Contructor.
  41       *
  42       * @param string $desc Description of element
  43       * @param int $required Whether the element value is required. Valid values are VALUE_DEFAULT, VALUE_REQUIRED, VALUE_OPTIONAL.
  44       * @param mixed $default The default value
  45       * @param bool $allownull Allow null value
  46       */
  47      public function __construct($desc, $required, $default, $allownull = NULL_NOT_ALLOWED) {
  48          if (!in_array($required, [VALUE_DEFAULT, VALUE_REQUIRED, VALUE_OPTIONAL], true)) {
  49              $requiredstr = $required;
  50              if (is_array($required)) {
  51                  $requiredstr = "Array: " . implode(" ", $required);
  52              }
  53              debugging("Invalid \$required parameter value: '{$requiredstr}' .
  54                  It must be either VALUE_DEFAULT, VALUE_REQUIRED, or VALUE_OPTIONAL", DEBUG_DEVELOPER);
  55          }
  56          $this->desc = $desc;
  57          $this->required = $required;
  58          $this->default = $default;
  59          $this->allownull = (bool)$allownull;
  60      }
  61  }