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18 * More object oriented wrappers around parts of the Moodle question bank.
20 * In due course, I expect that the question bank will be converted to a
21 * fully object oriented structure, at which point this file can be a
25 * @subpackage questionbank
26 * @copyright 2009 The Open University
27 * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
31 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') ||
die();
33 require_once(dirname(__FILE__
) . '/../type/questiontypebase.php');
37 * This static class provides access to the other question bank.
39 * It provides functions for managing question types and question definitions.
41 * @copyright 2009 The Open University
42 * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
44 abstract class question_bank
{
45 // TODO: This limit can be deleted if someday we move all TEXTS to BIG ones. MDL-19603
46 const MAX_SUMMARY_LENGTH
= 32000;
48 /** @var array question type name => question_type subclass. */
49 private static $questiontypes = array();
51 /** @var array question type name => 1. Records which question definitions have been loaded. */
52 private static $loadedqdefs = array();
54 /** @var boolean nasty hack to allow unit tests to call {@link load_question()}. */
55 private static $testmode = false;
56 private static $testdata = array();
58 private static $questionconfig = null;
61 * @var array string => string The standard set of grade options (fractions)
62 * to use when editing questions, in the range 0 to 1 inclusive. Array keys
63 * are string becuase: a) we want grades to exactly 7 d.p., and b. you can't
64 * have float array keys in PHP.
65 * Initialised by {@link ensure_grade_options_initialised()}.
67 private static $fractionoptions = null;
68 /** @var array string => string The full standard set of (fractions) -1 to 1 inclusive. */
69 private static $fractionoptionsfull = null;
72 * @param string $qtypename a question type name, e.g. 'multichoice'.
73 * @return bool whether that question type is installed in this Moodle.
75 public static function is_qtype_installed($qtypename) {
76 $plugindir = core_component
::get_plugin_directory('qtype', $qtypename);
77 return $plugindir && is_readable($plugindir . '/questiontype.php');
81 * Get the question type class for a particular question type.
82 * @param string $qtypename the question type name. For example 'multichoice' or 'shortanswer'.
83 * @param bool $mustexist if false, the missing question type is returned when
84 * the requested question type is not installed.
85 * @return question_type the corresponding question type class.
87 public static function get_qtype($qtypename, $mustexist = true) {
89 if (isset(self
::$questiontypes[$qtypename])) {
90 return self
::$questiontypes[$qtypename];
92 $file = core_component
::get_plugin_directory('qtype', $qtypename) . '/questiontype.php';
93 if (!is_readable($file)) {
94 if ($mustexist ||
$qtypename == 'missingtype') {
95 throw new coding_exception('Unknown question type ' . $qtypename);
97 return self
::get_qtype('missingtype');
101 $class = 'qtype_' . $qtypename;
102 if (!class_exists($class)) {
103 throw new coding_exception("Class $class must be defined in $file");
105 self
::$questiontypes[$qtypename] = new $class();
106 return self
::$questiontypes[$qtypename];
110 * Load the question configuration data from config_plugins.
111 * @return object get_config('question') with caching.
113 public static function get_config() {
114 if (is_null(self
::$questionconfig)) {
115 self
::$questionconfig = get_config('question');
117 return self
::$questionconfig;
121 * @param string $qtypename the internal name of a question type. For example multichoice.
122 * @return bool whether users are allowed to create questions of this type.
124 public static function qtype_enabled($qtypename) {
125 $config = self
::get_config();
126 $enabledvar = $qtypename . '_disabled';
127 return self
::qtype_exists($qtypename) && empty($config->$enabledvar) &&
128 self
::get_qtype($qtypename)->menu_name() != '';
132 * @param string $qtypename the internal name of a question type. For example multichoice.
133 * @return bool whether this question type exists.
135 public static function qtype_exists($qtypename) {
136 return array_key_exists($qtypename, core_component
::get_plugin_list('qtype'));
140 * @param $qtypename the internal name of a question type, for example multichoice.
141 * @return string the human_readable name of this question type, from the language pack.
143 public static function get_qtype_name($qtypename) {
144 return self
::get_qtype($qtypename)->local_name();
148 * @return array all the installed question types.
150 public static function get_all_qtypes() {
152 foreach (core_component
::get_plugin_list('qtype') as $plugin => $notused) {
154 $qtypes[$plugin] = self
::get_qtype($plugin);
155 } catch (coding_exception
$e) {
156 // Catching coding_exceptions here means that incompatible
157 // question types do not cause the rest of Moodle to break.
164 * Sort an array of question types according to the order the admin set up,
165 * and then alphabetically for the rest.
166 * @param array qtype->name() => qtype->local_name().
167 * @return array sorted array.
169 public static function sort_qtype_array($qtypes, $config = null) {
170 if (is_null($config)) {
171 $config = self
::get_config();
174 $sortorder = array();
175 $otherqtypes = array();
176 foreach ($qtypes as $name => $localname) {
177 $sortvar = $name . '_sortorder';
178 if (isset($config->$sortvar)) {
179 $sortorder[$config->$sortvar] = $name;
181 $otherqtypes[$name] = $localname;
186 core_collator
::asort($otherqtypes);
188 $sortedqtypes = array();
189 foreach ($sortorder as $name) {
190 $sortedqtypes[$name] = $qtypes[$name];
192 foreach ($otherqtypes as $name => $notused) {
193 $sortedqtypes[$name] = $qtypes[$name];
195 return $sortedqtypes;
199 * @return array all the question types that users are allowed to create,
200 * sorted into the preferred order set on the admin screen.
202 public static function get_creatable_qtypes() {
203 $config = self
::get_config();
204 $allqtypes = self
::get_all_qtypes();
206 $qtypenames = array();
207 foreach ($allqtypes as $name => $qtype) {
208 if (self
::qtype_enabled($name)) {
209 $qtypenames[$name] = $qtype->local_name();
213 $qtypenames = self
::sort_qtype_array($qtypenames);
215 $creatableqtypes = array();
216 foreach ($qtypenames as $name => $notused) {
217 $creatableqtypes[$name] = $allqtypes[$name];
219 return $creatableqtypes;
223 * Load the question definition class(es) belonging to a question type. That is,
224 * include_once('/question/type/' . $qtypename . '/question.php'), with a bit
226 * @param string $qtypename the question type name. For example 'multichoice' or 'shortanswer'.
228 public static function load_question_definition_classes($qtypename) {
230 if (isset(self
::$loadedqdefs[$qtypename])) {
233 $file = $CFG->dirroot
. '/question/type/' . $qtypename . '/question.php';
234 if (!is_readable($file)) {
235 throw new coding_exception('Unknown question type (no definition) ' . $qtypename);
238 self
::$loadedqdefs[$qtypename] = 1;
242 * This method needs to be called whenever a question is edited.
244 public static function notify_question_edited($questionid) {
245 question_finder
::get_instance()->uncache_question($questionid);
249 * Load a question definition data from the database. The data will be
250 * returned as a plain stdClass object.
251 * @param int $questionid the id of the question to load.
252 * @return object question definition loaded from the database.
254 public static function load_question_data($questionid) {
255 return question_finder
::get_instance()->load_question_data($questionid);
259 * Load a question definition from the database. The object returned
260 * will actually be of an appropriate {@link question_definition} subclass.
261 * @param int $questionid the id of the question to load.
262 * @param bool $allowshuffle if false, then any shuffle option on the selected
263 * quetsion is disabled.
264 * @return question_definition loaded from the database.
266 public static function load_question($questionid, $allowshuffle = true) {
269 if (self
::$testmode) {
270 // Evil, test code in production, but now way round it.
271 return self
::return_test_question_data($questionid);
274 $questiondata = self
::load_question_data($questionid);
276 if (!$allowshuffle) {
277 $questiondata->options
->shuffleanswers
= false;
279 return self
::make_question($questiondata);
283 * Convert the question information loaded with {@link get_question_options()}
284 * to a question_definintion object.
285 * @param object $questiondata raw data loaded from the database.
286 * @return question_definition loaded from the database.
288 public static function make_question($questiondata) {
289 return self
::get_qtype($questiondata->qtype
, false)->make_question($questiondata, false);
293 * @return question_finder a question finder.
295 public static function get_finder() {
296 return question_finder
::get_instance();
297 if (is_null(self
::$questionfinder)) {
298 self
::$questionfinder = new question_finder();
300 return self
::$questionfinder;
304 * Only to be called from unit tests. Allows {@link load_test_data()} to be used.
306 public static function start_unit_test() {
307 self
::$testmode = true;
311 * Only to be called from unit tests. Allows {@link load_test_data()} to be used.
313 public static function end_unit_test() {
314 self
::$testmode = false;
315 self
::$testdata = array();
318 private static function return_test_question_data($questionid) {
319 if (!isset(self
::$testdata[$questionid])) {
320 throw new coding_exception('question_bank::return_test_data(' . $questionid .
321 ') called, but no matching question has been loaded by load_test_data.');
323 return self
::$testdata[$questionid];
327 * To be used for unit testing only. Will throw an exception if
328 * {@link start_unit_test()} has not been called first.
329 * @param object $questiondata a question data object to put in the test data store.
331 public static function load_test_question_data(question_definition
$question) {
332 if (!self
::$testmode) {
333 throw new coding_exception('question_bank::load_test_data called when ' .
334 'not in test mode.');
336 self
::$testdata[$question->id
] = $question;
339 protected static function ensure_fraction_options_initialised() {
340 if (!is_null(self
::$fractionoptions)) {
344 // define basic array of grades. This list comprises all fractions of the form:
345 // a. p/q for q <= 6, 0 <= p <= q
346 // b. p/10 for 0 <= p <= 10
347 // c. 1/q for 1 <= q <= 10
349 $rawfractions = array(
371 // Put the None option at the top.
372 self
::$fractionoptions = array(
373 '0.0' => get_string('none'),
376 self
::$fractionoptionsfull = array(
377 '0.0' => get_string('none'),
381 // The the positive grades in descending order.
382 foreach ($rawfractions as $fraction) {
383 $percentage = format_float(100 * $fraction, 5, true, true) . '%';
384 self
::$fractionoptions["$fraction"] = $percentage;
385 self
::$fractionoptionsfull["$fraction"] = $percentage;
388 // The the negative grades in descending order.
389 foreach (array_reverse($rawfractions) as $fraction) {
390 self
::$fractionoptionsfull['' . (-$fraction)] =
391 format_float(-100 * $fraction, 5, true, true) . '%';
394 self
::$fractionoptionsfull['-1.0'] = '-100%';
398 * @return array string => string The standard set of grade options (fractions)
399 * to use when editing questions, in the range 0 to 1 inclusive. Array keys
400 * are string becuase: a) we want grades to exactly 7 d.p., and b. you can't
401 * have float array keys in PHP.
402 * Initialised by {@link ensure_grade_options_initialised()}.
404 public static function fraction_options() {
405 self
::ensure_fraction_options_initialised();
406 return self
::$fractionoptions;
409 /** @return array string => string The full standard set of (fractions) -1 to 1 inclusive. */
410 public static function fraction_options_full() {
411 self
::ensure_fraction_options_initialised();
412 return self
::$fractionoptionsfull;
416 * Perform scheduled maintenance tasks relating to the question bank.
418 public static function cron() {
421 // Delete any old question preview that got left in the database.
422 require_once($CFG->dirroot
. '/question/previewlib.php');
423 question_preview_cron();
425 // Clear older calculated stats from cache.
426 require_once($CFG->dirroot
. '/question/engine/statisticslib.php');
427 question_usage_statistics_cron();
433 * Class for loading questions according to various criteria.
435 * @copyright 2009 The Open University
436 * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
438 class question_finder
implements cache_data_source
{
439 /** @var question_finder the singleton instance of this class. */
440 protected static $questionfinder = null;
443 * @return question_finder a question finder.
445 public static function get_instance() {
446 if (is_null(self
::$questionfinder)) {
447 self
::$questionfinder = new question_finder();
449 return self
::$questionfinder;
452 /* See cache_data_source::get_instance_for_cache. */
453 public static function get_instance_for_cache(cache_definition
$definition) {
454 return self
::get_instance();
458 * @return get the question definition cache we are using.
460 protected function get_data_cache() {
461 // Do not double cache here because it may break cache resetting.
462 return cache
::make('core', 'questiondata');
466 * This method needs to be called whenever a question is edited.
468 public function uncache_question($questionid) {
469 $this->get_data_cache()->delete($questionid);
473 * Load a question definition data from the database. The data will be
474 * returned as a plain stdClass object.
475 * @param int $questionid the id of the question to load.
476 * @return object question definition loaded from the database.
478 public function load_question_data($questionid) {
479 return $this->get_data_cache()->get($questionid);
483 * Get the ids of all the questions in a list of categoryies.
484 * @param array $categoryids either a categoryid, or a comma-separated list
485 * category ids, or an array of them.
486 * @param string $extraconditions extra conditions to AND with the rest of
487 * the where clause. Must use named parameters.
488 * @param array $extraparams any parameters used by $extraconditions.
489 * @return array questionid => questionid.
491 public function get_questions_from_categories($categoryids, $extraconditions,
492 $extraparams = array()) {
495 list($qcsql, $qcparams) = $DB->get_in_or_equal($categoryids, SQL_PARAMS_NAMED
, 'qc');
497 if ($extraconditions) {
498 $extraconditions = ' AND (' . $extraconditions . ')';
501 return $DB->get_records_select_menu('question',
505 $extraconditions", $qcparams +
$extraparams, '', 'id,id AS id2');
508 /* See cache_data_source::load_for_cache. */
509 public function load_for_cache($questionid) {
511 $questiondata = $DB->get_record_sql('
512 SELECT q.*, qc.contextid
514 JOIN {question_categories} qc ON q.category = qc.id
515 WHERE q.id = :id', array('id' => $questionid), MUST_EXIST
);
516 get_question_options($questiondata);
517 return $questiondata;
520 /* See cache_data_source::load_many_for_cache. */
521 public function load_many_for_cache(array $questionids) {
523 list($idcondition, $params) = $DB->get_in_or_equal($questionids);
524 $questiondata = $DB->get_records_sql('
525 SELECT q.*, qc.contextid
527 JOIN {question_categories} qc ON q.category = qc.id
528 WHERE q.id ' . $idcondition, $params);
530 foreach ($questionids as $id) {
531 if (!array_key_exists($id, $questionids)) {
532 throw new dml_missing_record_exception('question', '', array('id' => $id));
534 get_question_options($questiondata[$id]);
536 return $questiondata;