section_info Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for section_info:

Public Member Functions
	__construct ($data, $number, $notused1, $notused2, $modinfo, $notused3)
	Constructs object from database information plus extra required data.
	__empty ($name)
	Magic method to check if the property is empty.
	__get ($name)
	Magic method to retrieve the property, this is either basic section property or availability information or additional properties added by course format.
	__isset ($name)
	Magic method to check if the property is set.
	get_available ()
	Finds whether this section is available at the moment for the current user.
	get_component_instance ()
	Get the delegate component instance.
	getIterator ()
	Implementation of IteratorAggregate::getIterator(), allows to cycle through properties and use convert_to_array().
	is_delegated ()
	Returns true if this section is a delegate to a component.

Static Public Member Functions
static	convert_for_section_cache ($section)
	Prepares section data for inclusion in sectioncache cache, removing items that are set to defaults, and adding availability data if required.

Public Attributes
bool	$hasactivites
	True if has activities, otherwise false.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

__construct()

section_info::__construct	(		$data,
			$number,
			$notused1,
			$notused2,
			$modinfo,
			$notused3 )

Constructs object from database information plus extra required data.

Parameters

object	$data	Array entry from cached sectioncache
int	$number	Section number (array key)
mixed	$notused1	argument not used (informaion is available in $modinfo)
mixed	$notused2	argument not used (informaion is available in $modinfo)
course_modinfo	$modinfo	Owner (needed for checking availability)
mixed	$notused3	argument not used (informaion is available in $modinfo)

Member Function Documentation

__empty()

section_info::__empty

(

$name

)

Magic method to check if the property is empty.

Parameters

string

$name

name of the property

Return values

bool

__get()

section_info::__get

(

$name

)

Magic method to retrieve the property, this is either basic section property or availability information or additional properties added by course format.

Parameters

string

$name

name of the property

Return values

mixed

__isset()

section_info::__isset

(

$name

)

Magic method to check if the property is set.

Parameters

string

$name

name of the property

Return values

bool

convert_for_section_cache()

static section_info::convert_for_section_cache ( $section )

static

Prepares section data for inclusion in sectioncache cache, removing items that are set to defaults, and adding availability data if required.

Called by build_section_cache in course_modinfo only; do not use otherwise.

Parameters

object

$section

Raw section data object

get_available()

section_info::get_available

(

)

Finds whether this section is available at the moment for the current user.

The value can be accessed publicly as $sectioninfo->available, but can be called directly if there is a case when it might be called recursively (you can't call property values recursively).

Return values

bool

getIterator()

section_info::getIterator

(

)

Implementation of IteratorAggregate::getIterator(), allows to cycle through properties and use convert_to_array().

Return values

ArrayIterator

is_delegated()

section_info::is_delegated

(

)

Returns true if this section is a delegate to a component.

Return values

bool

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• lib/modinfolib.php