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Mahara 1.4 has some changes to the menu bars. The table below has examples of some code differences required for plugins in Mahara 1.4.
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This may help anyone upgrading a plugin to work in Mahara 1.4 or backport a plugin to Mahara 1.4
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It is not comprehensive. Feel free to add further examples
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This table outlines some
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{| border="1"
 
{| border="1"
 
!Plugin
 
!Plugin
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     define('MENUITEM', ''''content'''/plans');
 
     define('MENUITEM', ''''content'''/plans');
 
|}
 
|}
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In some cases, it may be worth considering conditional statements to enable a plugin to work with either Mahara 1.3 or 1.4. For example
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    public static function get_categories() {
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        require_once(get_config('libroot') . 'version.php');
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        $release = $config->release;
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            if ($release < 1.4) {
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                return array('feeds');
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            }
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        return array('external');
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    }

Revision as of 08:50, 23 May 2011

Mahara 1.4 has some changes to the menu bars. The table below has examples of some code differences required for plugins in Mahara 1.4.

This may help anyone upgrading a plugin to work in Mahara 1.4 or backport a plugin to Mahara 1.4

It is not comprehensive. Feel free to add further examples

This table outlines some

Plugin File Mahara 1.3 Mahara 1.4
blocktype

/externalfeed

lib.php
   public static function get_categories() {
       return array('feeds');
   }
   public static function get_categories() {
       return array('external');
   }
blocktype

/externalvideo

lib.php
   public static function get_categories() {
       return array('fileimagevideo');
   }
   public static function get_categories() {
       return array('external');
   }
artefact

/plans

lib.php
   public static function menu_items() {
       return array(
           array(
               'path' => 'myportfolio/plans',
               'url'  => 'artefact/plans/',
               'title' => get_string('myplans', 'artefact.plans'),
               'weight' => 40,
           ),
       );
   }
   public static function menu_items() {
       return array(
           'content/plans' => array(
               'path' => 'content/plans',
               'url'  => 'artefact/plans/',
               'title' => get_string('Plans', 'artefact.plans'),
               'weight' => 60,
           ),
       );
   }

artefact/plans

index.php new.php plan.php

   define('MENUITEM', 'myportfolio/plans');
   define('MENUITEM', 'content/plans');

In some cases, it may be worth considering conditional statements to enable a plugin to work with either Mahara 1.3 or 1.4. For example

   public static function get_categories() {
       require_once(get_config('libroot') . 'version.php');
       $release = $config->release;
           if ($release < 1.4) {
               return array('feeds');
           }
       return array('external');
   }