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18 * Defines the base class for question import and export formats.
21 * @subpackage questionbank
22 * @copyright 1999 onwards Martin Dougiamas {@link http://moodle.com}
23 * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
27 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') ||
die();
31 * Base class for question import and export formats.
33 * @copyright 1999 onwards Martin Dougiamas {@link http://moodle.com}
34 * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
36 class qformat_default
{
38 public $displayerrors = true;
39 public $category = null;
40 public $questions = array();
41 public $course = null;
42 public $filename = '';
43 public $realfilename = '';
44 public $matchgrades = 'error';
45 public $catfromfile = 0;
46 public $contextfromfile = 0;
47 public $cattofile = 0;
48 public $contexttofile = 0;
49 public $questionids = array();
50 public $importerrors = 0;
51 public $stoponerror = true;
52 public $translator = null;
53 public $canaccessbackupdata = true;
55 protected $importcontext = null;
57 // functions to indicate import/export functionality
58 // override to return true if implemented
60 /** @return bool whether this plugin provides import functionality. */
61 public function provide_import() {
65 /** @return bool whether this plugin provides export functionality. */
66 public function provide_export() {
70 /** The string mime-type of the files that this plugin reads or writes. */
71 public function mime_type() {
72 return mimeinfo('type', $this->export_file_extension());
76 * @return string the file extension (including .) that is normally used for
77 * files handled by this plugin.
79 public function export_file_extension() {
84 * Check if the given file is capable of being imported by this plugin.
86 * Note that expensive or detailed integrity checks on the file should
87 * not be performed by this method. Simple file type or magic-number tests
90 * @param stored_file $file the file to check
91 * @return bool whether this plugin can import the file
93 public function can_import_file($file) {
94 return ($file->get_mimetype() == $this->mime_type());
101 * @param object category the category object
103 public function setCategory($category) {
104 if (count($this->questions
)) {
105 debugging('You shouldn\'t call setCategory after setQuestions');
107 $this->category
= $category;
108 $this->importcontext
= context
::instance_by_id($this->category
->contextid
);
112 * Set the specific questions to export. Should not include questions with
113 * parents (sub questions of cloze question type).
114 * Only used for question export.
115 * @param array of question objects
117 public function setQuestions($questions) {
118 if ($this->category
!== null) {
119 debugging('You shouldn\'t call setQuestions after setCategory');
121 $this->questions
= $questions;
125 * set the course class variable
126 * @param course object Moodle course variable
128 public function setCourse($course) {
129 $this->course
= $course;
133 * set an array of contexts.
134 * @param array $contexts Moodle course variable
136 public function setContexts($contexts) {
137 $this->contexts
= $contexts;
138 $this->translator
= new context_to_string_translator($this->contexts
);
143 * @param string filename name of file to import/export
145 public function setFilename($filename) {
146 $this->filename
= $filename;
150 * set the "real" filename
151 * (this is what the user typed, regardless of wha happened next)
152 * @param string realfilename name of file as typed by user
154 public function setRealfilename($realfilename) {
155 $this->realfilename
= $realfilename;
160 * @param string matchgrades error or nearest for grades
162 public function setMatchgrades($matchgrades) {
163 $this->matchgrades
= $matchgrades;
168 * @param bool catfromfile allow categories embedded in import file
170 public function setCatfromfile($catfromfile) {
171 $this->catfromfile
= $catfromfile;
175 * set contextfromfile
176 * @param bool $contextfromfile allow contexts embedded in import file
178 public function setContextfromfile($contextfromfile) {
179 $this->contextfromfile
= $contextfromfile;
184 * @param bool cattofile exports categories within export file
186 public function setCattofile($cattofile) {
187 $this->cattofile
= $cattofile;
192 * @param bool cattofile exports categories within export file
194 public function setContexttofile($contexttofile) {
195 $this->contexttofile
= $contexttofile;
200 * @param bool stoponerror stops database write if any errors reported
202 public function setStoponerror($stoponerror) {
203 $this->stoponerror
= $stoponerror;
207 * @param bool $canaccess Whether the current use can access the backup data folder. Determines
208 * where export files are saved.
210 public function set_can_access_backupdata($canaccess) {
211 $this->canaccessbackupdata
= $canaccess;
214 /***********************
215 * IMPORTING FUNCTIONS
216 ***********************/
219 * Handle parsing error
221 protected function error($message, $text='', $questionname='') {
222 $importerrorquestion = get_string('importerrorquestion', 'question');
224 echo "<div class=\"importerror\">\n";
225 echo "<strong>$importerrorquestion $questionname</strong>";
228 echo "<blockquote>$text</blockquote>\n";
230 echo "<strong>$message</strong>\n";
233 $this->importerrors++
;
237 * Import for questiontype plugins
239 * @param data mixed The segment of data containing the question
240 * @param question object processed (so far) by standard import code if appropriate
241 * @param extra mixed any additional format specific data that may be passed by the format
242 * @param qtypehint hint about a question type from format
243 * @return object question object suitable for save_options() or false if cannot handle
245 public function try_importing_using_qtypes($data, $question = null, $extra = null,
248 // work out what format we are using
249 $formatname = substr(get_class($this), strlen('qformat_'));
250 $methodname = "import_from_$formatname";
252 //first try importing using a hint from format
253 if (!empty($qtypehint)) {
254 $qtype = question_bank
::get_qtype($qtypehint, false);
255 if (is_object($qtype) && method_exists($qtype, $methodname)) {
256 $question = $qtype->$methodname($data, $question, $this, $extra);
263 // loop through installed questiontypes checking for
264 // function to handle this question
265 foreach (question_bank
::get_all_qtypes() as $qtype) {
266 if (method_exists($qtype, $methodname)) {
267 if ($question = $qtype->$methodname($data, $question, $this, $extra)) {
276 * Perform any required pre-processing
277 * @return bool success
279 public function importpreprocess() {
285 * This method should not normally be overidden
286 * @param object $category
287 * @return bool success
289 public function importprocess($category) {
290 global $USER, $CFG, $DB, $OUTPUT;
292 // reset the timer in case file upload was slow
295 // STAGE 1: Parse the file
296 echo $OUTPUT->notification(get_string('parsingquestions', 'question'), 'notifysuccess');
298 if (! $lines = $this->readdata($this->filename
)) {
299 echo $OUTPUT->notification(get_string('cannotread', 'question'));
303 if (!$questions = $this->readquestions($lines)) { // Extract all the questions
304 echo $OUTPUT->notification(get_string('noquestionsinfile', 'question'));
308 // STAGE 2: Write data to database
309 echo $OUTPUT->notification(get_string('importingquestions', 'question',
310 $this->count_questions($questions)), 'notifysuccess');
312 // check for errors before we continue
313 if ($this->stoponerror
and ($this->importerrors
>0)) {
314 echo $OUTPUT->notification(get_string('importparseerror', 'question'));
318 // get list of valid answer grades
319 $gradeoptionsfull = question_bank
::fraction_options_full();
321 // check answer grades are valid
322 // (now need to do this here because of 'stop on error': MDL-10689)
324 $goodquestions = array();
325 foreach ($questions as $question) {
326 if (!empty($question->fraction
) and (is_array($question->fraction
))) {
327 $fractions = $question->fraction
;
328 $answersvalid = true; // in case they are!
329 foreach ($fractions as $key => $fraction) {
330 $newfraction = match_grade_options($gradeoptionsfull, $fraction,
332 if ($newfraction === false) {
333 $answersvalid = false;
335 $fractions[$key] = $newfraction;
338 if (!$answersvalid) {
339 echo $OUTPUT->notification(get_string('invalidgrade', 'question'));
343 $question->fraction
= $fractions;
346 $goodquestions[] = $question;
348 $questions = $goodquestions;
350 // check for errors before we continue
351 if ($this->stoponerror
&& $gradeerrors > 0) {
355 // count number of questions processed
358 foreach ($questions as $question) { // Process and store each question
360 // reset the php timeout
363 // check for category modifiers
364 if ($question->qtype
== 'category') {
365 if ($this->catfromfile
) {
366 // find/create category object
367 $catpath = $question->category
;
368 $newcategory = $this->create_category_path($catpath);
369 if (!empty($newcategory)) {
370 $this->category
= $newcategory;
375 $question->context
= $this->importcontext
;
379 echo "<hr /><p><b>$count</b>. ".$this->format_question_text($question)."</p>";
381 $question->category
= $this->category
->id
;
382 $question->stamp
= make_unique_id_code(); // Set the unique code (not to be changed)
384 $question->createdby
= $USER->id
;
385 $question->timecreated
= time();
386 $question->modifiedby
= $USER->id
;
387 $question->timemodified
= time();
388 $fileoptions = array(
393 if (is_array($question->questiontext
)) {
394 // Importing images from draftfile.
395 $questiontext = $question->questiontext
;
396 $question->questiontext
= $questiontext['text'];
398 if (is_array($question->generalfeedback
)) {
399 $generalfeedback = $question->generalfeedback
;
400 $question->generalfeedback
= $generalfeedback['text'];
403 $question->id
= $DB->insert_record('question', $question);
405 if (!empty($questiontext['itemid'])) {
406 $question->questiontext
= file_save_draft_area_files($questiontext['itemid'],
407 $this->importcontext
->id
, 'question', 'questiontext', $question->id
,
408 $fileoptions, $question->questiontext
);
409 } else if (isset($question->questiontextfiles
)) {
410 foreach ($question->questiontextfiles
as $file) {
411 question_bank
::get_qtype($question->qtype
)->import_file(
412 $this->importcontext
, 'question', 'questiontext', $question->id
, $file);
415 if (!empty($generalfeedback['itemid'])) {
416 $question->generalfeedback
= file_save_draft_area_files($generalfeedback['itemid'],
417 $this->importcontext
->id
, 'question', 'generalfeedback', $question->id
,
418 $fileoptions, $question->generalfeedback
);
419 } else if (isset($question->generalfeedbackfiles
)) {
420 foreach ($question->generalfeedbackfiles
as $file) {
421 question_bank
::get_qtype($question->qtype
)->import_file(
422 $this->importcontext
, 'question', 'generalfeedback', $question->id
, $file);
425 $DB->update_record('question', $question);
427 $this->questionids
[] = $question->id
;
429 // Now to save all the answers and type-specific options
431 $result = question_bank
::get_qtype($question->qtype
)->save_question_options($question);
433 if (!empty($CFG->usetags
) && isset($question->tags
)) {
434 require_once($CFG->dirroot
. '/tag/lib.php');
435 tag_set('question', $question->id
, $question->tags
);
438 if (!empty($result->error
)) {
439 echo $OUTPUT->notification($result->error
);
443 if (!empty($result->notice
)) {
444 echo $OUTPUT->notification($result->notice
);
448 // Give the question a unique version stamp determined by question_hash()
449 $DB->set_field('question', 'version', question_hash($question),
450 array('id' => $question->id
));
456 * Count all non-category questions in the questions array.
458 * @param array questions An array of question objects.
459 * @return int The count.
462 protected function count_questions($questions) {
464 if (!is_array($questions)) {
467 foreach ($questions as $question) {
468 if (!is_object($question) ||
!isset($question->qtype
) ||
469 ($question->qtype
== 'category')) {
478 * find and/or create the category described by a delimited list
479 * e.g. $course$/tom/dick/harry or tom/dick/harry
481 * removes any context string no matter whether $getcontext is set
482 * but if $getcontext is set then ignore the context and use selected category context.
484 * @param string catpath delimited category path
485 * @param int courseid course to search for categories
486 * @return mixed category object or null if fails
488 protected function create_category_path($catpath) {
490 $catnames = $this->split_category_path($catpath);
494 // check for context id in path, it might not be there in pre 1.9 exports
495 $matchcount = preg_match('/^\$([a-z]+)\$$/', $catnames[0], $matches);
496 if ($matchcount == 1) {
497 $contextid = $this->translator
->string_to_context($matches[1]);
498 array_shift($catnames);
503 if ($this->contextfromfile
&& $contextid !== false) {
504 $context = context
::instance_by_id($contextid);
505 require_capability('moodle/question:add', $context);
507 $context = context
::instance_by_id($this->category
->contextid
);
509 $this->importcontext
= $context;
511 // Now create any categories that need to be created.
512 foreach ($catnames as $catname) {
513 if ($category = $DB->get_record('question_categories',
514 array('name' => $catname, 'contextid' => $context->id
, 'parent' => $parent))) {
515 $parent = $category->id
;
517 require_capability('moodle/question:managecategory', $context);
518 // create the new category
519 $category = new stdClass();
520 $category->contextid
= $context->id
;
521 $category->name
= $catname;
522 $category->info
= '';
523 $category->parent
= $parent;
524 $category->sortorder
= 999;
525 $category->stamp
= make_unique_id_code();
526 $id = $DB->insert_record('question_categories', $category);
535 * Return complete file within an array, one item per line
536 * @param string filename name of file
537 * @return mixed contents array or false on failure
539 protected function readdata($filename) {
540 if (is_readable($filename)) {
541 $filearray = file($filename);
543 // If the first line of the file starts with a UTF-8 BOM, remove it.
544 $filearray[0] = textlib
::trim_utf8_bom($filearray[0]);
546 // Check for Macintosh OS line returns (ie file on one line), and fix.
547 if (preg_match("~\r~", $filearray[0]) AND !preg_match("~\n~", $filearray[0])) {
548 return explode("\r", $filearray[0]);
557 * Parses an array of lines into an array of questions,
558 * where each item is a question object as defined by
559 * readquestion(). Questions are defined as anything
560 * between blank lines.
562 * NOTE this method used to take $context as a second argument. However, at
563 * the point where this method was called, it was impossible to know what
564 * context the quetsions were going to be saved into, so the value could be
565 * wrong. Also, none of the standard question formats were using this argument,
566 * so it was removed. See MDL-32220.
568 * If your format does not use blank lines as a delimiter
569 * then you will need to override this method. Even then
570 * try to use readquestion for each question
571 * @param array lines array of lines from readdata
572 * @return array array of question objects
574 protected function readquestions($lines) {
576 $questions = array();
577 $currentquestion = array();
579 foreach ($lines as $line) {
582 if (!empty($currentquestion)) {
583 if ($question = $this->readquestion($currentquestion)) {
584 $questions[] = $question;
586 $currentquestion = array();
589 $currentquestion[] = $line;
593 if (!empty($currentquestion)) { // There may be a final question
594 if ($question = $this->readquestion($currentquestion)) {
595 $questions[] = $question;
603 * return an "empty" question
604 * Somewhere to specify question parameters that are not handled
605 * by import but are required db fields.
606 * This should not be overridden.
607 * @return object default question
609 protected function defaultquestion() {
611 static $defaultshuffleanswers = null;
612 if (is_null($defaultshuffleanswers)) {
613 $defaultshuffleanswers = get_config('quiz', 'shuffleanswers');
616 $question = new stdClass();
617 $question->shuffleanswers
= $defaultshuffleanswers;
618 $question->defaultmark
= 1;
619 $question->image
= "";
620 $question->usecase
= 0;
621 $question->multiplier
= array();
622 $question->questiontextformat
= FORMAT_MOODLE
;
623 $question->generalfeedback
= '';
624 $question->generalfeedbackformat
= FORMAT_MOODLE
;
625 $question->correctfeedback
= '';
626 $question->partiallycorrectfeedback
= '';
627 $question->incorrectfeedback
= '';
628 $question->answernumbering
= 'abc';
629 $question->penalty
= 0.3333333;
630 $question->length
= 1;
632 // this option in case the questiontypes class wants
633 // to know where the data came from
634 $question->export_process
= true;
635 $question->import_process
= true;
641 * Construct a reasonable default question name, based on the start of the question text.
642 * @param string $questiontext the question text.
643 * @param string $default default question name to use if the constructed one comes out blank.
644 * @return string a reasonable question name.
646 public function create_default_question_name($questiontext, $default) {
647 $name = $this->clean_question_name(shorten_text($questiontext, 80));
656 * Ensure that a question name does not contain anything nasty, and will fit in the DB field.
657 * @param string $name the raw question name.
658 * @return string a safe question name.
660 public function clean_question_name($name) {
661 $name = clean_param($name, PARAM_TEXT
); // Matches what the question editing form does.
664 while (textlib
::strlen($name) > 255 && $trimlength > 0) {
665 $name = shorten_text($name, $trimlength);
672 * Add a blank combined feedback to a question object.
673 * @param object question
674 * @return object question
676 protected function add_blank_combined_feedback($question) {
677 $question->correctfeedback
['text'] = '';
678 $question->correctfeedback
['format'] = $question->questiontextformat
;
679 $question->correctfeedback
['files'] = array();
680 $question->partiallycorrectfeedback
['text'] = '';
681 $question->partiallycorrectfeedback
['format'] = $question->questiontextformat
;
682 $question->partiallycorrectfeedback
['files'] = array();
683 $question->incorrectfeedback
['text'] = '';
684 $question->incorrectfeedback
['format'] = $question->questiontextformat
;
685 $question->incorrectfeedback
['files'] = array();
690 * Given the data known to define a question in
691 * this format, this function converts it into a question
692 * object suitable for processing and insertion into Moodle.
694 * If your format does not use blank lines to delimit questions
695 * (e.g. an XML format) you must override 'readquestions' too
696 * @param $lines mixed data that represents question
697 * @return object question object
699 protected function readquestion($lines) {
701 $formatnotimplemented = get_string('formatnotimplemented', 'question');
702 echo "<p>$formatnotimplemented</p>";
708 * Override if any post-processing is required
709 * @return bool success
711 public function importpostprocess() {
720 * Provide export functionality for plugin questiontypes
722 * @param name questiontype name
723 * @param question object data to export
724 * @param extra mixed any addition format specific data needed
725 * @return string the data to append to export or false if error (or unhandled)
727 protected function try_exporting_using_qtypes($name, $question, $extra=null) {
728 // work out the name of format in use
729 $formatname = substr(get_class($this), strlen('qformat_'));
730 $methodname = "export_to_$formatname";
732 $qtype = question_bank
::get_qtype($name, false);
733 if (method_exists($qtype, $methodname)) {
734 return $qtype->$methodname($question, $this, $extra);
740 * Do any pre-processing that may be required
741 * @param bool success
743 public function exportpreprocess() {
748 * Enable any processing to be done on the content
749 * just prior to the file being saved
750 * default is to do nothing
751 * @param string output text
752 * @param string processed output text
754 protected function presave_process($content) {
760 * For most types this should not need to be overrided
761 * @return stored_file
763 public function exportprocess() {
764 global $CFG, $OUTPUT, $DB, $USER;
766 // get the questions (from database) in this category
767 // only get q's with no parents (no cloze subquestions specifically)
768 if ($this->category
) {
769 $questions = get_questions_category($this->category
, true);
771 $questions = $this->questions
;
776 // results are first written into string (and then to a file)
777 // so create/initialize the string here
780 // track which category questions are in
781 // if it changes we will record the category change in the output
782 // file if selected. 0 means that it will get printed before the 1st question
785 // iterate through questions
786 foreach ($questions as $question) {
788 $contextid = $DB->get_field('question_categories', 'contextid',
789 array('id' => $question->category
));
790 $question->contextid
= $contextid;
792 // do not export hidden questions
793 if (!empty($question->hidden
)) {
797 // do not export random questions
798 if ($question->qtype
== 'random') {
802 // check if we need to record category change
803 if ($this->cattofile
) {
804 if ($question->category
!= $trackcategory) {
805 $trackcategory = $question->category
;
806 $categoryname = $this->get_category_path($trackcategory, $this->contexttofile
);
808 // create 'dummy' question for category export
809 $dummyquestion = new stdClass();
810 $dummyquestion->qtype
= 'category';
811 $dummyquestion->category
= $categoryname;
812 $dummyquestion->name
= 'Switch category to ' . $categoryname;
813 $dummyquestion->id
= 0;
814 $dummyquestion->questiontextformat
= '';
815 $dummyquestion->contextid
= 0;
816 $expout .= $this->writequestion($dummyquestion) . "\n";
820 // export the question displaying message
823 if (question_has_capability_on($question, 'view', $question->category
)) {
824 $expout .= $this->writequestion($question, $contextid) . "\n";
828 // continue path for following error checks
829 $course = $this->course
;
830 $continuepath = "$CFG->wwwroot/question/export.php?courseid=$course->id";
832 // did we actually process anything
834 print_error('noquestions', 'question', $continuepath);
837 // final pre-process on exported data
838 $expout = $this->presave_process($expout);
843 * get the category as a path (e.g., tom/dick/harry)
844 * @param int id the id of the most nested catgory
845 * @return string the path
847 protected function get_category_path($id, $includecontext = true) {
850 if (!$category = $DB->get_record('question_categories', array('id' => $id))) {
851 print_error('cannotfindcategory', 'error', '', $id);
853 $contextstring = $this->translator
->context_to_string($category->contextid
);
855 $pathsections = array();
857 $pathsections[] = $category->name
;
858 $id = $category->parent
;
859 } while ($category = $DB->get_record('question_categories', array('id' => $id)));
861 if ($includecontext) {
862 $pathsections[] = '$' . $contextstring . '$';
865 $path = $this->assemble_category_path(array_reverse($pathsections));
871 * Convert a list of category names, possibly preceeded by one of the
872 * context tokens like $course$, into a string representation of the
875 * Names are separated by / delimiters. And /s in the name are replaced by //.
877 * To reverse the process and split the paths into names, use
878 * {@link split_category_path()}.
880 * @param array $names
883 protected function assemble_category_path($names) {
884 $escapednames = array();
885 foreach ($names as $name) {
886 $escapedname = str_replace('/', '//', $name);
887 if (substr($escapedname, 0, 1) == '/') {
888 $escapedname = ' ' . $escapedname;
890 if (substr($escapedname, -1) == '/') {
891 $escapedname = $escapedname . ' ';
893 $escapednames[] = $escapedname;
895 return implode('/', $escapednames);
899 * Convert a string, as returned by {@link assemble_category_path()},
900 * back into an array of category names.
902 * Each category name is cleaned by a call to clean_param(, PARAM_TEXT),
903 * which matches the cleaning in question/category_form.php.
905 * @param string $path
906 * @return array of category names.
908 protected function split_category_path($path) {
909 $rawnames = preg_split('~(?<!/)/(?!/)~', $path);
911 foreach ($rawnames as $rawname) {
912 $names[] = clean_param(trim(str_replace('//', '/', $rawname)), PARAM_TEXT
);
918 * Do an post-processing that may be required
919 * @return bool success
921 protected function exportpostprocess() {
926 * convert a single question object into text output in the given
928 * This must be overriden
929 * @param object question question object
930 * @return mixed question export text or null if not implemented
932 protected function writequestion($question) {
933 // if not overidden, then this is an error.
934 $formatnotimplemented = get_string('formatnotimplemented', 'question');
935 echo "<p>$formatnotimplemented</p>";
940 * Convert the question text to plain text, so it can safely be displayed
941 * during import to let the user see roughly what is going on.
943 protected function format_question_text($question) {
945 $formatoptions = new stdClass();
946 $formatoptions->noclean
= true;
947 return html_to_text(format_text($question->questiontext
,
948 $question->questiontextformat
, $formatoptions), 0, false);
952 class qformat_based_on_xml
extends qformat_default
{
955 * A lot of imported files contain unwanted entities.
956 * This method tries to clean up all known problems.
957 * @param string str string to correct
958 * @return string the corrected string
960 public function cleaninput($str) {
962 $html_code_list = array(
970 $str = strtr($str, $html_code_list);
971 // Use textlib entities_to_utf8 function to convert only numerical entities.
972 $str = textlib
::entities_to_utf8($str, false);
977 * Return the array moodle is expecting
978 * for an HTML text. No processing is done on $text.
979 * qformat classes that want to process $text
980 * for instance to import external images files
981 * and recode urls in $text must overwrite this method.
982 * @param array $text some HTML text string
983 * @return array with keys text, format and files.
985 public function text_field($text) {
987 'text' => trim($text),
988 'format' => FORMAT_HTML
,
994 * Return the value of a node, given a path to the node
995 * if it doesn't exist return the default value.
996 * @param array xml data to read
997 * @param array path path to node expressed as array
998 * @param mixed default
999 * @param bool istext process as text
1000 * @param string error if set value must exist, return false and issue message if not
1001 * @return mixed value
1003 public function getpath($xml, $path, $default, $istext=false, $error='') {
1004 foreach ($path as $index) {
1005 if (!isset($xml[$index])) {
1006 if (!empty($error)) {
1007 $this->error($error);
1014 $xml = $xml[$index];
1018 if (!is_string($xml)) {
1019 $this->error(get_string('invalidxml', 'qformat_xml'));