3 * help.php - Displays help page.
5 * Prints a very simple page and includes
6 * page content or a string from elsewhere.
7 * Usually this will appear in a popup
8 * See {@link helpbutton()} in {@link lib/moodlelib.php}
10 * @author Martin Dougiamas
14 require_once('config.php');
16 // Get URL parameters.
17 $file = optional_param('file', '', PARAM_PATH
);
18 $text = optional_param('text', 'No text to display', PARAM_CLEAN
);
19 $module = optional_param('module', 'moodle', PARAM_ALPHAEXT
);
20 $forcelang = optional_param('forcelang', '', PARAM_SAFEDIR
);
21 $skiplocal = optional_param('skiplocal', 0, PARAM_INT
); // shall _local help files be skipped?
24 print_header(get_string('help'));
25 print_simple_box_start();
27 // We look for the help to display in lots of different places, and
28 // only display an error at the end if we can't find the help file
29 // anywhere. This variable tracks that.
33 // The help to display is from a help file.
35 // Get the list of parent languages.
36 if (empty($forcelang)) {
37 $langs = array(current_language(), get_string('parentlanguage'), 'en_utf8'); // Fallback
39 $langs = array($forcelang, 'en_utf8');
43 // _local language packs take precedence with both forced language and non-forced language settings
45 foreach ($langs as $lang) {
47 $xlangs[] = $lang . '_local';
55 // Define possible locations for help file similar to locations for language strings
56 // Note: Always retain module directory as before
58 if ($module == 'moodle') {
59 $locations[$CFG->dataroot
.'/lang/'] = $file;
60 $locations[$CFG->dirroot
.'/lang/'] = $file;
62 $modfile = $module.'/'.$file;
63 $locations[$CFG->dataroot
.'/lang/'] = $modfile;
64 $locations[$CFG->dirroot
.'/lang/'] = $modfile;
66 $rules = places_to_search_for_lang_strings();
67 $exceptions = $rules['__exceptions'];
68 unset($rules['__exceptions']);
70 if (!in_array($module, $exceptions)) {
71 $dividerpos = strpos($module, '_');
72 if ($dividerpos === false) {
76 $type = substr($module, 0, $dividerpos +
1);
77 $plugin = substr($module, $dividerpos +
1);
79 if (!empty($rules[$type])) {
80 foreach ($rules[$type] as $location) {
81 $locations[$CFG->dirroot
. "/$location/$plugin/lang/"] = "$plugin/$file";
87 // Work through the possible languages, starting with the most specific.
88 while (!$helpfound && (list(,$lang) = each($langs)) && !empty($lang)) {
90 while (!$helpfound && (list($locationprefix,$locationsuffix) = each($locations))) {
91 $filepath = $locationprefix.$lang.'/help/'.$locationsuffix;
93 // Now, try to include the help text from this file, if we can.
94 if (file_exists_and_readable($filepath)) {
96 @include
($filepath); // The actual helpfile
98 // Now, we process some special cases.
99 $helpdir = $locationprefix.$lang.'/help';
100 if ($module == 'moodle' and ($file == 'index.html' or $file == 'mods.html')) {
101 include_help_for_each_module($file, $langs, $helpdir);
104 // The remaining horrible hardcoded special cases should be delegated to modules somehow.
105 if ($module == 'moodle' and ($file == 'resource/types.html')) { // RESOURCES
106 include_help_for_each_resource($file, $langs, $helpdir);
108 if ($module == 'moodle' and ($file == 'assignment/types.html')) { // ASSIGNMENTS
109 include_help_for_each_assignment_type();
116 // The help to display was given as an argument to this function.
117 echo '<p>'.s($text).'</p>'; // This param was already cleaned
121 print_simple_box_end();
123 // Display an error if necessary.
125 notify('Help file "'. $file .'" could not be found!');
129 close_window_button();
130 echo '<p class="helpindex"><a href="help.php?file=index.html">'. get_string('helpindex') .'</a></p>';
132 $CFG->docroot
= ''; // We don't want a doc link here
133 print_footer('none');
135 // Utility function =================================================================
137 function file_exists_and_readable($filepath) {
138 return file_exists($filepath) and is_file($filepath) and is_readable($filepath);
141 // Some functions for handling special cases ========================================
143 function include_help_for_each_module($file, $langs, $helpdir) {
146 if (!$modules = get_records('modules', 'visible', 1)) {
147 error('No modules found!!'); // Should never happen
150 foreach ($modules as $mod) {
151 $strmodulename = get_string('modulename', $mod->name
);
152 $modulebyname[$strmodulename] = $mod;
154 ksort($modulebyname, SORT_LOCALE_STRING
);
156 foreach ($modulebyname as $mod) {
157 foreach ($langs as $lang) {
162 $filepath = "$helpdir/$mod->name/$file";
164 // If that does not exist, try a fallback into the module code folder.
165 if (!file_exists($filepath)) {
166 $filepath = "$CFG->dirroot/mod/$mod->name/lang/$lang/help/$mod->name/$file";
169 if (file_exists_and_readable($filepath)) {
171 @include
($filepath); // The actual helpfile
172 break; // Out of loop over languages.
178 function include_help_for_each_resource($file, $langs, $helpdir) {
181 require_once($CFG->dirroot
.'/mod/resource/lib.php');
182 $typelist = resource_get_types();
185 $labelType = new object();
186 $labelType->modclass
= MOD_CLASS_RESOURCE
;
187 $resourcetype = 'label';
188 $labelType->name
= $resourcetype;
189 $labelType->type
= "resource&type=$resourcetype";
190 $labelType->typestr
= get_string("resourcetype$resourcetype", 'resource');
191 $typelist[] = $labelType;
193 foreach ($typelist as $type) {
195 foreach ($langs as $lang) {
200 $filepath = "$helpdir/resource/type/".$type->name
.".html";
202 if (file_exists_and_readable($filepath)) {
204 @include
($filepath); // The actual helpfile
205 break; // Out of loop over languages.
211 function include_help_for_each_assignment_type() {
214 require_once($CFG->dirroot
.'/mod/assignment/lib.php');
215 $typelist = assignment_types();
217 foreach ($typelist as $type => $name) {
218 echo '<p><b>'.$name.'</b></p>';
219 echo get_string('help'.$type, 'assignment');
220 echo '<hr size="1" />';