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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.

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