moodle/blocks/news_items/block_news_items.php
2005-03-08 12:58:51 +00:00

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<?PHP //$Id$
class block_news_items extends block_base {
function init() {
$this->title = get_string('latestnews');
$this->version = 2004052600;
}
function get_content() {
global $CFG;
if ($this->content !== NULL) {
return $this->content;
}
$this->content = new stdClass;
$this->content->text = '';
$this->content->footer = '';
if (empty($this->instance)) {
return $this->content;
}
$course = get_record('course', 'id', $this->instance->pageid);
if ($course->newsitems) { // Create a nice listing of recent postings
require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/mod/forum/lib.php'); // We'll need this
$text = '';
if (!$forum = forum_get_course_forum($course->id, 'news')) {
return $this->content;
}
/// First work out whether we can post to this group and if so, include a link
if (isteacheredit($course->id)) { /// Teachers can always post
$visiblegroups = -1;
$text .= '<div align="center" class="newlink"><a href="'.$CFG->wwwroot.'/mod/forum/post.php?forum='.$forum->id.'">'.
get_string('addanewtopic', 'forum').'</a>...</div>';
} else { /// Check the group situation
$currentgroup = get_current_group($course->id);
if (forum_user_can_post_discussion($forum, $currentgroup)) {
$text .= '<div align="center" class="newlink"><a href="'.$CFG->wwwroot.'/mod/forum/post.php?forum='.$forum->id.'">'.
get_string('addanewtopic', 'forum').'</a>...</div>';
}
if (!$cm = get_coursemodule_from_instance('forum', $forum->id, $course->id)) {
$this->content->text = $text;
return $this->content;
}
$groupmode = groupmode($course, $cm);
/// Decides if current user is allowed to see ALL the current discussions or not
if (!$currentgroup and ($groupmode != SEPARATEGROUPS) ) {
$visiblegroups = -1;
} else {
$visiblegroups = $currentgroup;
}
}
/// Get all the recent discussions we're allowed to see
if (! $discussions = forum_get_discussions($forum->id, 'p.modified DESC', 0, false,
$visiblegroups, $course->newsitems) ) {
$text .= '('.get_string('nonews', 'forum').')';
$this->content->text = $text;
return $this->content;
}
/// Actually create the listing now
$strftimerecent = get_string('strftimerecent');
$strmore = get_string('more', 'forum');
foreach ($discussions as $discussion) {
$discussion->subject = $discussion->name;
if (!empty($CFG->filterall)) {
$discussion->subject = filter_text($discussion->subject, $forum->course);
}
$text .= '<p class="post">'.
'<span class="head">'.userdate($discussion->modified, $strftimerecent).'<br />'.
fullname($discussion).'</span><br />'.
'<span class="info">'.$discussion->subject.' '.
'<a href="'.$CFG->wwwroot.'/mod/forum/discuss.php?d='.$discussion->discussion.'">'.
$strmore.'...</a></span>'.
'</p>';
}
$this->content->text = $text;
$this->content->footer = '<a href="'.$CFG->wwwroot.'/mod/forum/view.php?f='.$forum->id.'">'.
get_string('oldertopics', 'forum').'</a> ...';
}
return $this->content;
}
}
?>