moodle/blocks/rss_client/block_rss_client.php

<?php
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/**
 * Contains block_rss_client
 * @package    block_rss_client
 * @copyright  Daryl Hawes
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL
 */

/**
 * A block which displays Remote feeds
 *
 * @package   block_rss_client
 * @copyright  Daryl Hawes
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL
 */

 class block_rss_client extends block_base {
    /** The maximum time in seconds that cron will wait between attempts to retry failing RSS feeds. */
    const CLIENT_MAX_SKIPTIME = 43200; // 60 * 60 * 12 seconds.

    /** @var bool track whether any of the output feeds have recorded failures */
    private $hasfailedfeeds = false;

    function init() {
        $this->title = get_string('pluginname', 'block_rss_client');
    }

    function applicable_formats() {
        return array('all' => true, 'tag' => false);   // Needs work to make it work on tags MDL-11960
    }

    function specialization() {
        // After the block has been loaded we customize the block's title display
        if (!empty($this->config) && !empty($this->config->title)) {
            // There is a customized block title, display it
            $this->title = $this->config->title;
        } else {
            // No customized block title, use localized remote news feed string
            $this->title = get_string('remotenewsfeed', 'block_rss_client');
        }
    }

    /**
     * Gets the footer, which is the channel link of the last feed in our list of feeds
     *
     * @param array $feedrecords The feed records from the database.
     * @return block_rss_client\output\footer|null The renderable footer or null if none should be displayed.
     */
    protected function get_footer($feedrecords) {
        global $PAGE;
        $footer = null;

        if ($this->config->block_rss_client_show_channel_link) {
            global $CFG;
            require_once($CFG->libdir.'/simplepie/moodle_simplepie.php');

            $feedrecord     = array_pop($feedrecords);
            $feed           = new moodle_simplepie($feedrecord->url);
            $channellink    = new moodle_url($feed->get_link());

            if (!empty($channellink)) {
                $footer = new block_rss_client\output\footer($channellink);
            }
        }

        if ($this->hasfailedfeeds) {
            if (has_any_capability(['block/rss_client:manageownfeeds', 'block/rss_client:manageanyfeeds'], $this->context)) {
                if ($footer === null) {
                    $footer = new block_rss_client\output\footer();
                }
                $manageurl = new moodle_url('/blocks/rss_client/managefeeds.php', ['courseid' => $PAGE->course->id]);
                $footer->set_failed($manageurl);
            }
        }

        return $footer;
    }

    function get_content() {
        global $CFG, $DB;

        if ($this->content !== NULL) {
            return $this->content;
        }

        // initalise block content object
        $this->content = new stdClass;
        $this->content->text   = '';
        $this->content->footer = '';

        if (empty($this->instance)) {
            return $this->content;
        }

        if (!isset($this->config)) {
            // The block has yet to be configured - just display configure message in
            // the block if user has permission to configure it

            if (has_capability('block/rss_client:manageanyfeeds', $this->context)) {
                $this->content->text = get_string('feedsconfigurenewinstance2', 'block_rss_client');
            }

            return $this->content;
        }

        // How many feed items should we display?
        $maxentries = 5;
        if ( !empty($this->config->shownumentries) ) {
            $maxentries = intval($this->config->shownumentries);
        }elseif( isset($CFG->block_rss_client_num_entries) ) {
            $maxentries = intval($CFG->block_rss_client_num_entries);
        }

        /* ---------------------------------
         * Begin Normal Display of Block Content
         * --------------------------------- */

        $renderer = $this->page->get_renderer('block_rss_client');
        $block = new \block_rss_client\output\block();

        if (!empty($this->config->rssid)) {
            list($rssidssql, $params) = $DB->get_in_or_equal($this->config->rssid);
            $rssfeeds = $DB->get_records_select('block_rss_client', "id $rssidssql", $params);

            if (!empty($rssfeeds)) {
                $showtitle = false;
                if (count($rssfeeds) > 1) {
                    // When many feeds show the title for each feed.
                    $showtitle = true;
                }

                foreach ($rssfeeds as $feed) {
                    if ($renderablefeed = $this->get_feed($feed, $maxentries, $showtitle)) {
                        $block->add_feed($renderablefeed);
                    }
                }

                $footer = $this->get_footer($rssfeeds);
            }
        }

        $this->content->text = $renderer->render_block($block);
        if (isset($footer)) {
            $this->content->footer = $renderer->render_footer($footer);
        }

        return $this->content;
    }


    function instance_allow_multiple() {
        return true;
    }

    function has_config() {
        return true;
    }

    function instance_allow_config() {
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the html of a feed to be displaed in the block
     *
     * @param mixed feedrecord The feed record from the database
     * @param int maxentries The maximum number of entries to be displayed
     * @param boolean showtitle Should the feed title be displayed in html
     * @return block_rss_client\output\feed|null The renderable feed or null of there is an error
     */
    public function get_feed($feedrecord, $maxentries, $showtitle) {
        global $CFG;
        require_once($CFG->libdir.'/simplepie/moodle_simplepie.php');

        if ($feedrecord->skipuntil) {
            // Last attempt to gather this feed via cron failed - do not try to fetch it now.
            $this->hasfailedfeeds = true;
            return null;
        }

        $simplepiefeed = new moodle_simplepie($feedrecord->url);

        if(isset($CFG->block_rss_client_timeout)){
            $simplepiefeed->set_cache_duration($CFG->block_rss_client_timeout * 60);
        }

        if ($simplepiefeed->error()) {
            debugging($feedrecord->url .' Failed with code: '.$simplepiefeed->error());
            return null;
        }

        if(empty($feedrecord->preferredtitle)){
            $feedtitle = $this->format_title($simplepiefeed->get_title());
        }else{
            $feedtitle = $this->format_title($feedrecord->preferredtitle);
        }

        if (empty($this->config->title)){
            //NOTE: this means the 'last feed' displayed wins the block title - but
            //this is exiting behaviour..
            $this->title = strip_tags($feedtitle);
        }

        $feed = new \block_rss_client\output\feed($feedtitle, $showtitle, $this->config->block_rss_client_show_channel_image);

        if ($simplepieitems = $simplepiefeed->get_items(0, $maxentries)) {
            foreach ($simplepieitems as $simplepieitem) {
                try {
                    $item = new \block_rss_client\output\item(
                        $simplepieitem->get_id(),
                        new moodle_url($simplepieitem->get_link()),
                        $simplepieitem->get_title(),
                        $simplepieitem->get_description(),
                        new moodle_url($simplepieitem->get_permalink()),
                        $simplepieitem->get_date('U'),
                        $this->config->display_description
                    );

                    $feed->add_item($item);
                } catch (moodle_exception $e) {
                    // If there is an error with the RSS item, we don't
                    // want to crash the page. Specifically, moodle_url can
                    // throw an exception of the param is an extremely
                    // malformed url.
                    debugging($e->getMessage());
                }
            }
        }

        // Feed image.
        if ($imageurl = $simplepiefeed->get_image_url()) {
            try {
                $image = new \block_rss_client\output\channel_image(
                    new moodle_url($imageurl),
                    $simplepiefeed->get_image_title(),
                    new moodle_url($simplepiefeed->get_image_link())
                );

                $feed->set_image($image);
            } catch (moodle_exception $e) {
                // If there is an error with the RSS image, we don'twant to
                // crash the page. Specifically, moodle_url can throw an
                // exception if the param is an extremely malformed url.
                debugging($e->getMessage());
            }
        }

        return $feed;
    }

    /**
     * Strips a large title to size and adds ... if title too long
     *
     * @param string title to shorten
     * @param int max character length of title
     * @return string title s() quoted and shortened if necessary
     */
    function format_title($title,$max=64) {

        if (core_text::strlen($title) <= $max) {
            return s($title);
        } else {
            return s(core_text::substr($title,0,$max-3).'...');
        }
    }

    /**
     * cron - goes through all the feeds. If the feed has a skipuntil value
     * that is less than the current time cron will attempt to retrieve it
     * with the cache duration set to 0 in order to force the retrieval of
     * the item and refresh the cache.
     *
     * If a feed fails then the skipuntil time of that feed is set to be
     * later than the next expected cron time. The amount of time will
     * increase each time the fetch fails until the maximum is reached.
     *
     * If a feed that has been failing is successfully retrieved it will
     * go back to being handled as though it had never failed.
     *
     * CRON should therefor process requests for permanently broken RSS
     * feeds infrequently, and temporarily unavailable feeds will be tried
     * less often until they become available again.
     *
     * @return boolean Always returns true
     */
    function cron() {
        global $CFG, $DB;
        require_once($CFG->libdir.'/simplepie/moodle_simplepie.php');

        // Get the legacy cron time, strangely the cron property of block_base
        // does not seem to get set. This means we must retrive it here.
        $this->cron = $DB->get_field('block', 'cron', array('name' => 'rss_client'));

        // We are going to measure execution times
        $starttime =  microtime();
        $starttimesec = time();

        // Fetch all site feeds.
        $rs = $DB->get_recordset('block_rss_client');
        $counter = 0;
        mtrace('');
        foreach ($rs as $rec) {
            mtrace('    ' . $rec->url . ' ', '');

            // Skip feed if it failed recently.
            if ($starttimesec < $rec->skipuntil) {
                mtrace('skipping until ' . userdate($rec->skipuntil));
                continue;
            }

            // Fetch the rss feed, using standard simplepie caching
            // so feeds will be renewed only if cache has expired
            core_php_time_limit::raise(60);

            $feed =  new moodle_simplepie();
            // set timeout for longer than normal to be agressive at
            // fetching feeds if possible..
            $feed->set_timeout(40);
            $feed->set_cache_duration(0);
            $feed->set_feed_url($rec->url);
            $feed->init();

            if ($feed->error()) {
                // Skip this feed (for an ever-increasing time if it keeps failing).
                $rec->skiptime = $this->calculate_skiptime($rec->skiptime);
                $rec->skipuntil = time() + $rec->skiptime;
                $DB->update_record('block_rss_client', $rec);
                mtrace("Error: could not load/find the RSS feed - skipping for {$rec->skiptime} seconds.");
            } else {
                mtrace ('ok');
                // It worked this time, so reset the skiptime.
                if ($rec->skiptime > 0) {
                    $rec->skiptime = 0;
                    $rec->skipuntil = 0;
                    $DB->update_record('block_rss_client', $rec);
                }
                // Only increase the counter when a feed is sucesfully refreshed.
                $counter ++;
            }
        }
        $rs->close();

        // Show times
        mtrace($counter . ' feeds refreshed (took ' . microtime_diff($starttime, microtime()) . ' seconds)');

        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Calculates a new skip time for a record based on the current skip time.
     *
     * @param int $currentskip The curreent skip time of a record.
     * @return int A new skip time that should be set.
     */
    protected function calculate_skiptime($currentskip) {
        // The default time to skiptime.
        $newskiptime = $this->cron * 1.1;
        if ($currentskip > 0) {
            // Double the last time.
            $newskiptime = $currentskip * 2;
        }
        if ($newskiptime > self::CLIENT_MAX_SKIPTIME) {
            // Do not allow the skip time to increase indefinatly.
            $newskiptime = self::CLIENT_MAX_SKIPTIME;
        }
        return $newskiptime;
    }
}