moodle/question/engine/bank.php

<?php
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/**
 * More object oriented wrappers around parts of the Moodle question bank.
 *
 * In due course, I expect that the question bank will be converted to a
 * fully object oriented structure, at which point this file can be a
 * starting point.
 *
 * @package    moodlecore
 * @subpackage questionbank
 * @copyright  2009 The Open University
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */


defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();

require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../type/questiontypebase.php');


/**
 * This static class provides access to the other question bank.
 *
 * It provides functions for managing question types and question definitions.
 *
 * @copyright  2009 The Open University
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */
abstract class question_bank {
    /** @var array question type name => question_type subclass. */
    private static $questiontypes = array();

    /** @var array question type name => 1. Records which question definitions have been loaded. */
    private static $loadedqdefs = array();

    protected static $questionfinder = null;

    /** @var boolean nasty hack to allow unit tests to call {@link load_question()}. */
    private static $testmode = false;
    private static $testdata = array();

    private static $questionconfig = null;

    /**
     * @param string $qtypename a question type name, e.g. 'multichoice'.
     * @return bool whether that question type is installed in this Moodle.
     */
    public static function is_qtype_installed($qtypename) {
        $plugindir = get_plugin_directory('qtype', $qtypename);
        return $plugindir && is_readable($plugindir . '/questiontype.php');
    }

    /**
     * Get the question type class for a particular question type.
     * @param string $qtypename the question type name. For example 'multichoice' or 'shortanswer'.
     * @param bool $mustexist if false, the missing question type is returned when
     *      the requested question type is not installed.
     * @return question_type the corresponding question type class.
     */
    public static function get_qtype($qtypename, $mustexist = true) {
        global $CFG;
        if (isset(self::$questiontypes[$qtypename])) {
            return self::$questiontypes[$qtypename];
        }
        $file = get_plugin_directory('qtype', $qtypename) . '/questiontype.php';
        if (!is_readable($file)) {
            if ($mustexist || $qtypename == 'missingtype') {
                throw new coding_exception('Unknown question type ' . $qtypename);
            } else {
                return self::get_qtype('missingtype');
            }
        }
        include_once($file);
        $class = 'qtype_' . $qtypename;
        if (!class_exists($class)) {
            throw new coding_exception("Class $class must be defined in $file");
        }
        self::$questiontypes[$qtypename] = new $class();
        return self::$questiontypes[$qtypename];
    }

    /**
     * Load the question configuration data from config_plugins.
     * @return object get_config('question') with caching.
     */
    protected static function get_config() {
        if (is_null(self::$questionconfig)) {
            $questionconfig = get_config('question');
        }
        return $questionconfig;
    }

    /**
     * @param string $qtypename the internal name of a question type. For example multichoice.
     * @return bool whether users are allowed to create questions of this type.
     */
    public static function qtype_enabled($qtypename) {
        $config = self::get_config();
        $enabledvar = $qtypename . '_disabled';
        return self::qtype_exists($qtypename) && empty($config->$enabledvar) &&
                self::get_qtype($qtypename)->menu_name() != '';
    }

    /**
     * @param string $qtypename the internal name of a question type. For example multichoice.
     * @return bool whether this question type exists.
     */
    public static function qtype_exists($qtypename) {
        return array_key_exists($qtypename, get_plugin_list('qtype'));
    }

    /**
     * @param $qtypename the internal name of a question type, for example multichoice.
     * @return string the human_readable name of this question type, from the language pack.
     */
    public static function get_qtype_name($qtypename) {
        return self::get_qtype($qtypename)->local_name();
    }

    /**
     * @return array all the installed question types.
     */
    public static function get_all_qtypes() {
        $qtypes = array();
        foreach (get_plugin_list('qtype') as $plugin => $notused) {
            try {
                $qtypes[$plugin] = self::get_qtype($plugin);
            } catch (coding_exception $e) {
                // Catching coding_exceptions here means that incompatible
                // question types do not cause the rest of Moodle to break.
            }
        }
        return $qtypes;
    }

    /**
     * Sort an array of question types according to the order the admin set up,
     * and then alphabetically for the rest.
     * @param array qtype->name() => qtype->local_name().
     * @return array sorted array.
     */
    public static function sort_qtype_array($qtypes, $config = null) {
        if (is_null($config)) {
            $config = self::get_config();
        }

        $sortorder = array();
        $otherqtypes = array();
        foreach ($qtypes as $name => $localname) {
            $sortvar = $name . '_sortorder';
            if (isset($config->$sortvar)) {
                $sortorder[$config->$sortvar] = $name;
            } else {
                $otherqtypes[$name] = $localname;
            }
        }

        ksort($sortorder);
        textlib_get_instance()->asort($otherqtypes);

        $sortedqtypes = array();
        foreach ($sortorder as $name) {
            $sortedqtypes[$name] = $qtypes[$name];
        }
        foreach ($otherqtypes as $name => $notused) {
            $sortedqtypes[$name] = $qtypes[$name];
        }
        return $sortedqtypes;
    }

    /**
     * @return array all the question types that users are allowed to create,
     *      sorted into the preferred order set on the admin screen.
     */
    public static function get_creatable_qtypes() {
        $config = self::get_config();
        $allqtypes = self::get_all_qtypes();

        $qtypenames = array();
        foreach ($allqtypes as $name => $qtype) {
            if (self::qtype_enabled($name)) {
                $qtypenames[$name] = $qtype->local_name();
            }
        }

        $qtypenames = self::sort_qtype_array($qtypenames);

        $creatableqtypes = array();
        foreach ($qtypenames as $name => $notused) {
            $creatableqtypes[$name] = $allqtypes[$name];
        }
        return $creatableqtypes;
    }

    /**
     * Load the question definition class(es) belonging to a question type. That is,
     * include_once('/question/type/' . $qtypename . '/question.php'), with a bit
     * of checking.
     * @param string $qtypename the question type name. For example 'multichoice' or 'shortanswer'.
     */
    public static function load_question_definition_classes($qtypename) {
        global $CFG;
        if (isset(self::$loadedqdefs[$qtypename])) {
            return;
        }
        $file = $CFG->dirroot . '/question/type/' . $qtypename . '/question.php';
        if (!is_readable($file)) {
            throw new coding_exception('Unknown question type (no definition) ' . $qtypename);
        }
        include_once($file);
        self::$loadedqdefs[$qtypename] = 1;
    }

    /**
     * Load a question definition from the database. The object returned
     * will actually be of an appropriate {@link question_definition} subclass.
     * @param int $questionid the id of the question to load.
     * @param bool $allowshuffle if false, then any shuffle option on the selected
     *      quetsion is disabled.
     * @return question_definition loaded from the database.
     */
    public static function load_question($questionid, $allowshuffle = true) {
        global $DB;

        if (self::$testmode) {
            // Evil, test code in production, but now way round it.
            return self::return_test_question_data($questionid);
        }

        $questiondata = $DB->get_record_sql('
                SELECT q.*, qc.contextid
                FROM {question} q
                JOIN {question_categories} qc ON q.category = qc.id
                WHERE q.id = :id', array('id' => $questionid), MUST_EXIST);
        get_question_options($questiondata);
        if (!$allowshuffle) {
            $questiondata->options->shuffleanswers = false;
        }
        return self::make_question($questiondata);
    }

    /**
     * Convert the question information loaded with {@link get_question_options()}
     * to a question_definintion object.
     * @param object $questiondata raw data loaded from the database.
     * @return question_definition loaded from the database.
     */
    public static function make_question($questiondata) {
        return self::get_qtype($questiondata->qtype, false)->make_question($questiondata, false);
    }

    /**
     * @return question_finder a question finder.
     */
    public static function get_finder() {
        if (is_null(self::$questionfinder)) {
            self::$questionfinder = new question_finder();
        }
        return self::$questionfinder;
    }

    /**
     * Only to be called from unit tests. Allows {@link load_test_data()} to be used.
     */
    public static function start_unit_test() {
        self::$testmode = true;
    }

    /**
     * Only to be called from unit tests. Allows {@link load_test_data()} to be used.
     */
    public static function end_unit_test() {
        self::$testmode = false;
        self::$testdata = array();
    }

    private static function return_test_question_data($questionid) {
        if (!isset(self::$testdata[$questionid])) {
            throw new coding_exception('question_bank::return_test_data(' . $questionid .
                    ') called, but no matching question has been loaded by load_test_data.');
        }
        return self::$testdata[$questionid];
    }

    /**
     * To be used for unit testing only. Will throw an exception if
     * {@link start_unit_test()} has not been called first.
     * @param object $questiondata a question data object to put in the test data store.
     */
    public static function load_test_question_data(question_definition $question) {
        if (!self::$testmode) {
            throw new coding_exception('question_bank::load_test_data called when ' .
                    'not in test mode.');
        }
        self::$testdata[$question->id] = $question;
    }
}


/**
 * Class for loading questions according to various criteria.
 *
 * @copyright  2009 The Open University
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */
class question_finder {
    /**
     * Get the ids of all the questions in a list of categoryies.
     * @param array $categoryids either a categoryid, or a comma-separated list
     *      category ids, or an array of them.
     * @param string $extraconditions extra conditions to AND with the rest of
     *      the where clause. Must use named parameters.
     * @param array $extraparams any parameters used by $extraconditions.
     * @return array questionid => questionid.
     */
    public function get_questions_from_categories($categoryids, $extraconditions,
            $extraparams = array()) {
        global $DB;

        list($qcsql, $qcparams) = $DB->get_in_or_equal($categoryids, SQL_PARAMS_NAMED, 'qc');

        if ($extraconditions) {
            $extraconditions = ' AND (' . $extraconditions . ')';
        }

        return $DB->get_records_select_menu('question',
                "category $qcsql
                 AND parent = 0
                 AND hidden = 0
                 $extraconditions", $qcparams + $extraparams, '', 'id,id AS id2');
    }
}