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1 <?php
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17 /**
18 * dataformatlib.php - Contains core dataformat related functions.
20 * @package core
21 * @subpackage dataformat
22 * @copyright 2016 Brendan Heywood (brendan@catalyst-au.net)
23 * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
26 /**
27 * Sends a formated data file to the browser
29 * @package core
30 * @subpackage dataformat
32 * @param string $filename The base filename without an extension
33 * @param string $dataformat A dataformat name
34 * @param array $columns An ordered map of column keys and labels
35 * @param Iterator $iterator An iterator over the records, usually a RecordSet
36 * @param function $callback An option function applied to each record before writing
37 * @param mixed $extra An optional value which is passed into the callback function
39 function download_as_dataformat($filename, $dataformat, $columns, $iterator, $callback = null) {
41 if (ob_get_length()) {
42 throw new coding_exception("Output can not be buffered before calling download_as_dataformat");
45 $classname = 'dataformat_' . $dataformat . '\writer';
46 if (!class_exists($classname)) {
47 throw new coding_exception("Unable to locate dataformat/$dataformat/classes/writer.php");
49 $format = new $classname;
51 // The data format export could take a while to generate...
52 set_time_limit(0);
54 // Close the session so that the users other tabs in the same session are not blocked.
55 \core\session\manager::write_close();
57 $format->set_filename($filename);
58 $format->send_http_headers();
59 // This exists to support all dataformats - see MDL-56046.
60 if (method_exists($format, 'write_header')) {
61 error_log('The function write_header() does not support multiple sheets. In order to support multiple sheets you ' .
62 'must implement start_output() and start_sheet() and remove write_header() in your dataformat.');
63 $format->write_header($columns);
64 } else {
65 $format->start_output();
66 $format->start_sheet($columns);
68 $c = 0;
69 foreach ($iterator as $row) {
70 if ($callback) {
71 $row = $callback($row);
73 if ($row === null) {
74 continue;
76 $format->write_record($row, $c++);
78 // This exists to support all dataformats - see MDL-56046.
79 if (method_exists($format, 'write_footer')) {
80 error_log('The function write_footer() does not support multiple sheets. In order to support multiple sheets you ' .
81 'must implement close_sheet() and close_output() and remove write_footer() in your dataformat.');
82 $format->write_footer($columns);
83 } else {
84 $format->close_sheet($columns);
85 $format->close_output();