MDL-10240:
[moodle-linuxchix.git] / help.php
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1 <?php
2 /**
3 * help.php - Displays help page.
5 * Prints a very simple page and includes
6 * page content or a string from elsewhere.
7 * Usually this will appear in a popup
8 * See {@link helpbutton()} in {@link lib/moodlelib.php}
10 * @author Martin Dougiamas
11 * @version $Id$
12 * @package moodlecore
14 require_once('config.php');
16 // Get URL parameters.
17 $file = optional_param('file', '', PARAM_PATH);
18 $text = optional_param('text', 'No text to display', PARAM_CLEAN);
19 $module = optional_param('module', 'moodle', PARAM_ALPHAEXT);
20 $forcelang = optional_param('forcelang', '', PARAM_SAFEDIR);
22 // Start the output.
23 print_header(get_string('help'));
24 print_simple_box_start();
26 // We look for the help to display in lots of different places, and
27 // only display an error at the end if we can't find the help file
28 // anywhere. This variable tracks that.
29 $helpfound = false;
31 if (!empty($file)) {
32 // The help to display is from a help file.
34 // Get the list of parent languages.
35 if (empty($forcelang)) {
36 $langs = array(current_language(), get_string('parentlanguage'), 'en_utf8'); // Fallback
37 } else {
38 $langs = array($forcelang);
41 // _local language packs take precedence with both forced language and non-forced language settings
42 $xlangs = array();
43 foreach ($langs as $lang) {
44 if (!empty($lang)) {
45 $xlangs[] = $lang . '_local';
46 $xlangs[] = $lang;
49 $langs = $xlangs;
50 unset($xlangs);
53 // Define possible locations for help file similar to locations for language strings
54 // Note: Always retain module directory as before
55 $locations = array();
56 if ($module == 'moodle') {
57 $locations[$CFG->dataroot.'/lang/'] = $file;
58 $locations[$CFG->dirroot.'/lang/'] = $file;
59 } else {
60 $modfile = $module.'/'.$file;
61 $locations[$CFG->dataroot.'/lang/'] = $modfile;
62 $locations[$CFG->dirroot.'/lang/'] = $modfile;
64 $rules = places_to_search_for_lang_strings();
65 $exceptions = $rules['__exceptions'];
66 unset($rules['__exceptions']);
68 if (!in_array($module, $exceptions)) {
69 $dividerpos = strpos($module, '_');
70 if ($dividerpos === false) {
71 $type = '';
72 $plugin = $module;
73 } else {
74 $type = substr($module, 0, $dividerpos + 1);
75 $plugin = substr($module, $dividerpos + 1);
77 if (!empty($rules[$type])) {
78 foreach ($rules[$type] as $location) {
79 $locations[$CFG->dirroot . "/$location/$plugin/lang/"] = "$plugin/$file";
85 // Work through the possible languages, starting with the most specific.
86 while (!$helpfound && (list(,$lang) = each($langs)) && !empty($lang)) {
88 while (!$helpfound && (list($locationprefix,$locationsuffix) = each($locations))) {
89 $filepath = $locationprefix.$lang.'/help/'.$locationsuffix;
91 // Now, try to include the help text from this file, if we can.
92 if (file_exists_and_readable($filepath)) {
93 $helpfound = true;
94 @include($filepath); // The actual helpfile
96 // Now, we process some special cases.
97 $helpdir = $locationprefix.$lang.'/help';
98 if ($module == 'moodle' and ($file == 'index.html' or $file == 'mods.html')) {
99 include_help_for_each_module($file, $langs, $helpdir);
102 // The remaining horrible hardcoded special cases should be delegated to modules somehow.
103 if ($module == 'moodle' and ($file == 'resource/types.html')) { // RESOURCES
104 include_help_for_each_resource($file, $langs, $helpdir);
106 if ($module == 'moodle' and ($file == 'assignment/types.html')) { // ASSIGNMENTS
107 include_help_for_each_assignment_type();
111 reset($locations);
113 } else {
114 // The help to display was given as an argument to this function.
115 echo '<p>'.s($text).'</p>'; // This param was already cleaned
116 $helpfound = true;
119 print_simple_box_end();
121 // Display an error if necessary.
122 if (!$helpfound) {
123 notify('Help file "'. $file .'" could not be found!');
126 // End of page.
127 close_window_button();
128 echo '<p class="helpindex"><a href="help.php?file=index.html">'. get_string('helpindex') .'</a></p>';
130 $CFG->docroot = ''; // We don't want a doc link here
131 print_footer('none');
133 // Utility function =================================================================
135 function file_exists_and_readable($filepath) {
136 return file_exists($filepath) and is_file($filepath) and is_readable($filepath);
139 // Some functions for handling special cases ========================================
141 function include_help_for_each_module($file, $langs, $helpdir) {
142 global $CFG;
144 if (!$modules = get_records('modules', 'visible', 1)) {
145 error('No modules found!!'); // Should never happen
148 foreach ($modules as $mod) {
149 $strmodulename = get_string('modulename', $mod->name);
150 $modulebyname[$strmodulename] = $mod;
152 ksort($modulebyname);
154 foreach ($modulebyname as $mod) {
155 foreach ($langs as $lang) {
156 if (empty($lang)) {
157 continue;
160 $filepath = "$helpdir/$mod->name/$file";
162 // If that does not exist, try a fallback into the module code folder.
163 if (!file_exists($filepath)) {
164 $filepath = "$CFG->dirroot/mod/$mod->name/lang/$lang/help/$mod->name/$file";
167 if (file_exists_and_readable($filepath)) {
168 echo '<hr />';
169 @include($filepath); // The actual helpfile
170 break; // Out of loop over languages.
176 function include_help_for_each_resource($file, $langs, $helpdir) {
177 global $CFG;
179 require_once($CFG->dirroot .'/mod/resource/lib.php');
180 $typelist = resource_get_types();
181 $typelist['label'] = get_string('resourcetypelabel', 'resource');
183 foreach ($typelist as $type => $name) {
184 foreach ($langs as $lang) {
185 if (empty($lang)) {
186 continue;
189 $filepath = "$helpdir/resource/type/$type.html";
191 if (file_exists_and_readable($filepath)) {
192 echo '<hr size="1" />';
193 @include($filepath); // The actual helpfile
194 break; // Out of loop over languages.
200 function include_help_for_each_assignment_type() {
201 global $CFG;
203 require_once($CFG->dirroot .'/mod/assignment/lib.php');
204 $typelist = assignment_types();
206 foreach ($typelist as $type => $name) {
207 echo '<p><b>'.$name.'</b></p>';
208 echo get_string('help'.$type, 'assignment');
209 echo '<hr size="1" />';