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+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * CLI script to delete a course.
+ *
+ * @package    core
+ * @subpackage cli
+ * @author     Mikhail Golenkov <mikhailgolenkov@catalyst-au.net>
+ * @copyright  2022 Catalyst IT
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+define('CLI_SCRIPT', true);
+
+require(__DIR__ . '/../../config.php');
+require_once($CFG->libdir . '/clilib.php');
+require_once($CFG->libdir . '/cronlib.php');
+
+list($options, $unrecognized) = cli_get_params(
+    [
+        'courseid' => false,
+        'help' => false,
+        'showsql' => false,
+        'showdebugging' => false,
+        'disablerecyclebin' => false,
+        'non-interactive' => false,
+    ], [
+        'c' => 'courseid',
+        'h' => 'help',
+    ]
+);
+
+if ($unrecognized) {
+    $unrecognized = implode("\n  ", $unrecognized);
+    cli_error(get_string('cliunknowoption', 'admin', $unrecognized));
+}
+
+if ($options['help'] || empty($options['courseid'])) {
+    $help = <<<EOT
+CLI script to delete a course.
+
+Options:
+ -h, --help                Print out this help
+     --showsql             Show sql queries before they are executed
+     --showdebugging       Show developer level debugging information
+     --disablerecyclebin   Skip backing up the course
+     --non-interactive     No interactive questions or confirmations
+ -c, --courseid            Course id to be deleted
+
+Example:
+\$sudo -u www-data /usr/bin/php admin/cli/delete_course.php --courseid=123456
+\$sudo -u www-data /usr/bin/php admin/cli/delete_course.php --courseid=123456 --showdebugging
+\$sudo -u www-data /usr/bin/php admin/cli/delete_course.php --courseid=123456 --disablerecyclebin
+
+EOT;
+
+    echo $help;
+    die;
+}
+
+$interactive = empty($options['non-interactive']);
+
+if ($options['showdebugging']) {
+    mtrace('Enabling debugging...');
+    set_debugging(DEBUG_DEVELOPER, true);
+}
+
+if ($options['showsql']) {
+    mtrace('Enabling SQL debugging...');
+    $DB->set_debug(true);
+}
+
+if (CLI_MAINTENANCE) {
+    cli_error('CLI maintenance mode active, CLI execution suspended');
+}
+
+if (moodle_needs_upgrading()) {
+    cli_error('Moodle upgrade pending, CLI execution suspended');
+}
+
+$course = $DB->get_record('course', array('id' => $options['courseid']));
+if (empty($course)) {
+    cli_error('Course not found');
+}
+
+mtrace('Deleting course id ' . $course->id);
+mtrace('Course name: ' . $course->fullname);
+mtrace('Short name: ' . $course->shortname);
+
+if ($interactive) {
+    mtrace('');
+    $input = cli_input('Are you sure you wish to delete this course? (y/N)', 'N', ['y', 'Y', 'n', 'N']);
+    if (strtolower($input) != 'y') {
+        exit(0);
+    }
+}
+
+if ($options['disablerecyclebin']) {
+    mtrace('Disabling recycle bin...');
+    $overrideconfig = ['tool_recyclebin' => ['coursebinenable' => false, 'categorybinenable' => false]];
+    $CFG->forced_plugin_settings = array_merge($CFG->forced_plugin_settings, $overrideconfig);
+}
+
+core_php_time_limit::raise();
+delete_course($course);
+
+mtrace('Updating course count in categories...');
+fix_course_sortorder();
+
+mtrace('Done!');