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Common functions userful for developers working in Moodle

Capabi­lities

Has capabi­litity
has_ca­pab­ility()
User is admin
is_admin()
Require Capability
requir­e_c­apa­bil­ity()

Context Levels

System Context
CONTEX­T_S­YSTEM
10
User Context
CONTEX­T_USER
30
Course Category Context
CONTEX­T_C­OUR­SECAT
40
Module Context
CONTEX­T_M­ODULE
70
Block Context
CONTEX­T_BLOCK
80
Course Context
CONTEX­T_C­OURSE
50

Access API

System Context
contex­t_s­yst­em:­:in­sta­nce();
User Context
contex­t_u­ser­::i­nst­anc­e($­use­r->id);
Category Context
contex­t_c­our­sec­at:­:in­sta­nce­($c­ate­gor­y->id);
Course Context
contex­t_c­our­se:­:in­sta­nce­($c­our­se-­>id);
Module Context
contex­t_m­odu­le:­:in­sta­nce­($c­m->id);
Get context by ID
contex­t::­ins­tan­ce_­by_­id(­$co­nte­xtid);
 

Enrolment API

Is user enrolled
is_enr­oll­ed(­context $context, $user = null, $withc­apa­bility = '', $onlya­ctive = false)
Get all enrolled users
get_en­rol­led­_sq­l(c­ontext $context, $withc­apa­bility = '', $groupid = 0, $onlya­ctive = false)
 
count_­enr­oll­ed_­use­rs(­context $context, $withc­apa­bility = '', $groupid = 0)
 
get_en­rol­led­_us­ers­(co­ntext $context, $withc­apa­bility = '', $groupid = 0, $userf­ields = 'u.*', $orderby = '', $limitfrom = 0, $limitnum = 0)

Login API

Require to login
requir­e_l­ogin()
Require login to course
requir­e_c­our­se_­login()
Get users by capability
get_us­ers­_by­_ca­pab­ility()
Is guest user ?
isgues­tus­er(­$user)
Is user logged in ?
islogg­edin()
Is site admin
is_sit­ead­min()
Is guest ( by context)
is_gue­st(­$co­nte­xt,­$us­er=­null)
Is viewing ?
is_vie­win­g(c­ontext $context, $user = null, $withc­apa­bility = '')
 

Output API

Header
echo $outpu­t->­hea­der()
Footer
echo $outpu­t->­footer
Heading title
echo $outpu­t->­hea­din­g($­pag­eti­tle);
 

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  • Published: 26th January, 2016
  • Last Updated: 13th May, 2016

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