blog_entry Class Reference

Blog_entry class. More...

Inheritance diagram for blog_entry:

Public Member Functions
	__construct ($id=null, $params=null, $form=null)
	Constructor.
	add ()
	Inserts this entry in the database.
	add_association ($contextid, $unused=null)
	Add a single association for a blog entry.
	add_associations ($unused=null)
	Function to add all context associations to an entry.
	can_user_edit ($userid=null)
	User can edit a blog entry if this is their own blog entry and they have the capability moodle/blog:create, or if they have the capability moodle/blog:manageentries.
	can_user_view ($targetuserid)
	Checks to see if a user can view the blogs of another user.
	delete ()
	Deletes this entry from the database.
	delete_attachments ()
	Deletes all the user files in the attachments area for an entry.
	edit ($params=array(), $form=null, $summaryoptions=array(), $attachmentoptions=array())
	Updates this entry in the database.
	get_attachments ()
	Gets the entry attachments list.
	prepare_render ()
	Gets the required data to print the entry.
	process_attachment ($form)
	Inserts this entry in the database.
	remove_associations ()
	remove all associations for a blog entry

Static Public Member Functions
static	get_applicable_publish_states ()
	Use this function to retrieve a list of publish states available for the currently logged in user.

Public Attributes
string	$action
string null	$alternatename
	user alternate name.
	$attachment
mixed	$attachment_filemanager
	attachment.
string	$body
	blog post body.
	$content
int	$courseassoc
	course associated with the blog post.
	$courseid = 0
	$coursemoduleid = 0
	$created
string null	$email
	user email address.
int	$entryid
	attachment entry id.
string null	$firstname
	user first name.
string null	$firstnamephonetic
	user first name phonetic.
	$form
	$format = 1
	$groupid = 0
	$id
string null	$imagealt
	user picture description.
	$lastmodified
string null	$lastname
	user last name.
string null	$lastnamephonetic
	user last name phonetic.
string null	$middlename
	user middle name.
string	$modassoc
	module associated with the blog post.
int	$modid
	module instance id.
	$module = 'blog'
	$moduleid = 0
string null	$picture
	user picture.
	$publishstate
	$rating = 0
StdClass	$renderable
	Data needed to render the entry.
	$subject
string null	$submitbutton
	submit button.
	$summary
array array	$summary_editor
	summary editor.
string string	$summaryformat
	summary format.
string	$summarytrust
	$tags = array()
	$uniquehash = ''
	$userid
string null	$useridalias
	user alias.
	$usermodified

Detailed Description

Blog_entry class.

Represents an entry in a user's blog. Contains all methods for managing this entry. This class does not contain any HTML-generating code. See blog_listing sub-classes for such code. This class follows the Object Relational Mapping technique, its member variables being mapped to the fields of the post table.

Copyright

2009 Nicolas Connault

License

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

__construct()

blog_entry::__construct	(		$id = null,
			$params = null,
			$form = null )

Constructor.

If given an id, will fetch the corresponding record from the DB.

Parameters

mixed

$idorparams

A blog entry id if INT, or data for a new entry if array

Member Function Documentation

add()

blog_entry::add

(

)

Inserts this entry in the database.

Access control checks must be done by calling code. TODO Set the publishstate correctly

Return values

void

add_association()

blog_entry::add_association	(		$contextid,
			$unused = null )

Add a single association for a blog entry.

Parameters

int	$contextid	- id of context to associate with the blog entry.
string	$unused	This does nothing, do not use it.

add_associations()

blog_entry::add_associations

(

$unused = null

)

Function to add all context associations to an entry.

Parameters

string

$unused

This does nothing, do not use it.

can_user_edit()

blog_entry::can_user_edit

(

$userid = null

)

User can edit a blog entry if this is their own blog entry and they have the capability moodle/blog:create, or if they have the capability moodle/blog:manageentries.

This also applies to deleting of entries.

Parameters

int

$userid

Optional. If not given, $USER is used

Return values

boolean

can_user_view()

blog_entry::can_user_view

(

$targetuserid

)

Checks to see if a user can view the blogs of another user.

Only blog level is checked here, the capabilities are enforced in blog/index.php

Parameters

int

$targetuserid

ID of the user we are checking

Return values

bool

delete()

blog_entry::delete

(

)

Deletes this entry from the database.

Access control checks must be done by calling code.

Return values

void

delete_attachments()

blog_entry::delete_attachments

(

)

Deletes all the user files in the attachments area for an entry.

Return values

void

edit()

blog_entry::edit	(		$params = array(),
			$form = null,
			$summaryoptions = array(),
			$attachmentoptions = array() )

Updates this entry in the database.

Access control checks must be done by calling code.

Parameters

array	$params	Entry parameters.
moodleform	$form	Used for attachments.
array	$summaryoptions	Summary options.
array	$attachmentoptions	Attachment options.

Return values

void

get_applicable_publish_states()

static blog_entry::get_applicable_publish_states ( )

static

Use this function to retrieve a list of publish states available for the currently logged in user.

Return values

array

This function returns an array ideal for sending to moodles' choose_from_menu function.

get_attachments()

blog_entry::get_attachments

(

)

Gets the entry attachments list.

Return values

array

List of blog_entry_attachment instances

process_attachment()

blog_entry::process_attachment

(

$form

)

Inserts this entry in the database.

Access control checks must be done by calling code.

Parameters

mform

$form

Used for attachments

Return values

void

remove_associations()

blog_entry::remove_associations

(

)

remove all associations for a blog entry

Return values

void

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

• blog/locallib.php