<?php
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/**
 * Database enrolment plugin.
 *
 * This plugin synchronises enrolment and roles with external database table.
 *
 * @package    enrol
 * @subpackage database
 * @copyright  2010 Petr Skoda {@link http://skodak.org}
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */

defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();

/**
 * Database enrolment plugin implementation.
 * @author  Petr Skoda - based on code by Martin Dougiamas, Martin Langhoff and others
 * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */
class enrol_database_plugin extends enrol_plugin {
    /**
     * Is it possible to delete enrol instance via standard UI?
     *
     * @param object $instance
     * @return bool
     */
    public function instance_deleteable($instance) {
        if (!enrol_is_enabled('database')) {
            return true;
        }
        if (!$this->get_config('dbtype') or !$this->get_config('dbhost') or !$this->get_config('remoteenroltable') or !$this->get_config('remotecoursefield') or !$this->get_config('remoteuserfield')) {
            return true;
        }

        //TODO: connect to external system and make sure no users are to be enrolled in this course
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Forces synchronisation of user enrolments with external database,
     * does not create new courses.
     *
     * @param object $user user record
     * @return void
     */
    public function sync_user_enrolments($user) {
        global $CFG, $DB;

        // we do not create courses here intentionally because it requires full sync and is slow
        if (!$this->get_config('dbtype') or !$this->get_config('dbhost') or !$this->get_config('remoteenroltable') or !$this->get_config('remotecoursefield') or !$this->get_config('remoteuserfield')) {
            return;
        }

        $table            = $this->get_config('remoteenroltable');
        $coursefield      = strtolower($this->get_config('remotecoursefield'));
        $userfield        = strtolower($this->get_config('remoteuserfield'));
        $rolefield        = strtolower($this->get_config('remoterolefield'));

        $localrolefield   = $this->get_config('localrolefield');
        $localuserfield   = $this->get_config('localuserfield');
        $localcoursefield = $this->get_config('localcoursefield');

        $unenrolaction    = $this->get_config('unenrolaction');
        $defaultrole      = $this->get_config('defaultrole');

        $ignorehidden     = $this->get_config('ignorehiddencourses');

        if (!is_object($user) or !property_exists($user, 'id')) {
            throw new coding_exception('Invalid $user parameter in sync_user_enrolments()');
        }

        if (!property_exists($user, $localuserfield)) {
            debugging('Invalid $user parameter in sync_user_enrolments(), missing '.$localuserfield);
            $user = $DB->get_record('user', array('id'=>$user->id));
        }

        // create roles mapping
        $allroles = get_all_roles();
        if (!isset($allroles[$defaultrole])) {
            $defaultrole = 0;
        }
        $roles = array();
        foreach ($allroles as $role) {
            $roles[$role->$localrolefield] = $role->id;
        }

        $enrols = array();
        $instances = array();

        if (!$extdb = $this->db_init()) {
            // can not connect to database, sorry
            return;
        }

        // read remote enrols and create instances
        $sql = $this->db_get_sql($table, array($userfield=>$user->$localuserfield), array(), false);

        if ($rs = $extdb->Execute($sql)) {
            if (!$rs->EOF) {
                while ($fields = $rs->FetchRow()) {
                    $fields = array_change_key_case($fields, CASE_LOWER);
                    $fields = $this->db_decode($fields);

                    if (empty($fields[$coursefield])) {
                        // missing course info
                        continue;
                    }
                    if (!$course = $DB->get_record('course', array($localcoursefield=>$fields[$coursefield]), 'id,visible')) {
                        continue;
                    }
                    if (!$course->visible and $ignorehidden) {
                        continue;
                    }

                    if (empty($fields[$rolefield]) or !isset($roles[$fields[$rolefield]])) {
                        if (!$defaultrole) {
                            // role is mandatory
                            continue;
                        }
                        $roleid = $defaultrole;
                    } else {
                        $roleid = $roles[$fields[$rolefield]];
                    }

                    if (empty($enrols[$course->id])) {
                        $enrols[$course->id] = array();
                    }
                    $enrols[$course->id][] = $roleid;

                    if ($instance = $DB->get_record('enrol', array('courseid'=>$course->id, 'enrol'=>'database'), '*', IGNORE_MULTIPLE)) {
                        $instances[$course->id] = $instance;
                        continue;
                    }

                    $enrolid = $this->add_instance($course);
                    $instances[$course->id] = $DB->get_record('enrol', array('id'=>$enrolid));
                }
            }
            $rs->Close();
            $extdb->Close();
        } else {
            // bad luck, something is wrong with the db connection
            $extdb->Close();
            return;
        }

        // enrol user into courses and sync roles
        foreach ($enrols as $courseid => $roles) {
            if (!isset($instances[$courseid])) {
                // ignored
                continue;
            }
            $instance = $instances[$courseid];

            if ($e = $DB->get_record('user_enrolments', array('userid'=>$user->id, 'enrolid'=>$instance->id))) {
                // reenable enrolment when previously disable enrolment refreshed
                if ($e->status == ENROL_USER_SUSPENDED) {
                    $this->update_user_enrol($instance, $user->id, ENROL_USER_ACTIVE);
                }
            } else {
                $roleid = reset($roles);
                $this->enrol_user($instance, $user->id, $roleid, 0, 0, ENROL_USER_ACTIVE);
            }

            if (!$context = get_context_instance(CONTEXT_COURSE, $instance->courseid)) {
                //weird
                continue;
            }
            $current = $DB->get_records('role_assignments', array('contextid'=>$context->id, 'userid'=>$user->id, 'component'=>'enrol_database', 'itemid'=>$instance->id), '', 'id, roleid');

            $existing = array();
            foreach ($current as $r) {
                if (in_array($r->roleid, $roles)) {
                    $existing[$r->roleid] = $r->roleid;
                } else {
                    role_unassign($r->roleid, $user->id, $context->id, 'enrol_database', $instance->id);
                }
            }
            foreach ($roles as $rid) {
                if (!isset($existing[$rid])) {
                    role_assign($rid, $user->id, $context->id, 'enrol_database', $instance->id);
                }
            }
        }

        // unenrol as necessary
        $sql = "SELECT e.*, c.visible AS cvisible, ue.status AS ustatus
                  FROM {enrol} e
                  JOIN {user_enrolments} ue ON ue.enrolid = e.id
                  JOIN {course} c ON c.id = e.courseid
                 WHERE ue.userid = :userid AND e.enrol = 'database'";
        $rs = $DB->get_recordset_sql($sql, array('userid'=>$user->id));
        foreach ($rs as $instance) {
            if (!$instance->cvisible and $ignorehidden) {
                continue;
            }

            if (!$context = get_context_instance(CONTEXT_COURSE, $instance->courseid)) {
                //weird
                continue;
            }

            if (!empty($enrols[$instance->courseid])) {
                // we want this user enrolled
                continue;
            }

            // deal with enrolments removed from external table
            if ($unenrolaction == ENROL_EXT_REMOVED_UNENROL) {
                // unenrol
                $this->unenrol_user($instance, $user->id);

            } else if ($unenrolaction == ENROL_EXT_REMOVED_KEEP) {
                // keep - only adding enrolments

            } else if ($unenrolaction == ENROL_EXT_REMOVED_SUSPEND or $unenrolaction == ENROL_EXT_REMOVED_SUSPENDNOROLES) {
                // disable
                if ($instance->ustatus != ENROL_USER_SUSPENDED) {
                    $this->update_user_enrol($instance, $user->id, ENROL_USER_SUSPENDED);
                }
                if ($unenrolaction == ENROL_EXT_REMOVED_SUSPENDNOROLES) {
                    role_unassign_all(array('contextid'=>$context->id, 'userid'=>$user->id, 'component'=>'enrol_database', 'itemid'=>$instance->id));
                }
            }
        }
        $rs->close();
    }

    /**
     * Forces synchronisation of all enrolments with external database.
     *
     * @param bool $verbose
     * @return int 0 means success, 1 db connect failure, 2 db read failure
     */
    public function sync_enrolments($verbose = false) {
        global $CFG, $DB;

        // we do not create courses here intentionally because it requires full sync and is slow
        if (!$this->get_config('dbtype') or !$this->get_config('dbhost') or !$this->get_config('remoteenroltable') or !$this->get_config('remotecoursefield') or !$this->get_config('remoteuserfield')) {
            if ($verbose) {
                mtrace('User enrolment synchronisation skipped.');
            }
            return 0;
        }

        if ($verbose) {
            mtrace('Starting user enrolment synchronisation...');
        }

        if (!$extdb = $this->db_init()) {
            mtrace('Error while communicating with external enrolment database');
            return 1;
        }

        // we may need a lot of memory here
        @set_time_limit(0);
        raise_memory_limit(MEMORY_HUGE);

        // second step is to sync instances and users
        $table            = $this->get_config('remoteenroltable');
        $coursefield      = strtolower($this->get_config('remotecoursefield'));
        $userfield        = strtolower($this->get_config('remoteuserfield'));
        $rolefield        = strtolower($this->get_config('remoterolefield'));

        $localrolefield   = $this->get_config('localrolefield');
        $localuserfield   = $this->get_config('localuserfield');
        $localcoursefield = $this->get_config('localcoursefield');

        $unenrolaction    = $this->get_config('unenrolaction');
        $defaultrole      = $this->get_config('defaultrole');

        // create roles mapping
        $allroles = get_all_roles();
        if (!isset($allroles[$defaultrole])) {
            $defaultrole = 0;
        }
        $roles = array();
        foreach ($allroles as $role) {
            $roles[$role->$localrolefield] = $role->id;
        }

        // get a list of courses to be synced that are in external table
        $externalcourses = array();
        $sql = $this->db_get_sql($table, array(), array($coursefield), true);
        if ($rs = $extdb->Execute($sql)) {
            if (!$rs->EOF) {
                while ($mapping = $rs->FetchRow()) {
                    $mapping = reset($mapping);
                    $mapping = $this->db_decode($mapping);
                    if (empty($mapping)) {
                        // invalid mapping
                        continue;
                    }
                    $externalcourses[$mapping] = true;
                }
            }
            $rs->Close();
        } else {
            mtrace('Error reading data from the external enrolment table');
            $extdb->Close();
            return 2;
        }
        $preventfullunenrol = empty($externalcourses);
        if ($preventfullunenrol and $unenrolaction == ENROL_EXT_REMOVED_UNENROL) {
            if ($verbose) {
                mtrace('  Preventing unenrolment of all current users, because it might result in major data loss, there has to be at least one record in external enrol table, sorry.');
            }
        }

        // first find all existing courses with enrol instance
        $existing = array();
        $sql = "SELECT c.id, c.visible, c.$localcoursefield AS mapping, e.id AS enrolid, c.shortname
                  FROM {course} c
                  JOIN {enrol} e ON (e.courseid = c.id AND e.enrol = 'database')";
        $rs = $DB->get_recordset_sql($sql); // watch out for idnumber duplicates
        foreach ($rs as $course) {
            if (empty($course->mapping)) {
                continue;
            }
            $existing[$course->mapping] = $course;
        }
        $rs->close();

        // add necessary enrol instances that are not present yet
        $params = array();
        $localnotempty = "";
        if ($localcoursefield !== 'id') {
            $localnotempty =  "AND c.$localcoursefield <> :lcfe";
            $params['lcfe'] = $DB->sql_empty();
        }
        $sql = "SELECT c.id, c.visible, c.$localcoursefield AS mapping, c.shortname
                  FROM {course} c
             LEFT JOIN {enrol} e ON (e.courseid = c.id AND e.enrol = 'database')
                 WHERE e.id IS NULL $localnotempty";
        $rs = $DB->get_recordset_sql($sql, $params);
        foreach ($rs as $course) {
            if (empty($course->mapping)) {
                continue;
            }
            if (!isset($externalcourses[$course->mapping])) {
                // course not synced
                continue;
            }
            if (isset($existing[$course->mapping])) {
                // some duplicate, sorry
                continue;
            }
            $course->enrolid = $this->add_instance($course);
            $existing[$course->mapping] = $course;
        }
        $rs->close();

        // free memory
        unset($externalcourses);

        // sync enrolments
        $ignorehidden = $this->get_config('ignorehiddencourses');
        $sqlfields = array($userfield);
        if ($rolefield) {
            $sqlfields[] = $rolefield;
        }
        foreach ($existing as $course) {
            if ($ignorehidden and !$course->visible) {
                continue;
            }
            if (!$instance = $DB->get_record('enrol', array('id'=>$course->enrolid))) {
                continue; //weird
            }
            $context = get_context_instance(CONTEXT_COURSE, $course->id);

            // get current list of enrolled users with their roles
            $current_roles  = array();
            $current_status = array();
            $user_mapping   = array();
            $sql = "SELECT u.$localuserfield AS mapping, u.id, ue.status, ue.userid, ra.roleid
                      FROM {user} u
                      JOIN {user_enrolments} ue ON (ue.userid = u.id AND ue.enrolid = :enrolid)
                      JOIN {role_assignments} ra ON (ra.userid = u.id AND ra.itemid = ue.enrolid AND ra.component = 'enrol_database')
                     WHERE u.deleted = 0";
            $params = array('enrolid'=>$instance->id);
            if ($localuserfield === 'username') {
                $sql .= " AND u.mnethostid = :mnethostid";
                $params['mnethostid'] = $CFG->mnet_localhost_id;
            }
            $rs = $DB->get_recordset_sql($sql, $params);
            foreach ($rs as $ue) {
                $current_roles[$ue->userid][$ue->roleid] = $ue->roleid;
                $current_status[$ue->userid] = $ue->status;
                $user_mapping[$ue->mapping] = $ue->userid;
            }
            $rs->close();

            // get list of users that need to be enrolled and their roles
            $requested_roles = array();
            $sql = $this->db_get_sql($table, array($coursefield=>$course->mapping), $sqlfields);
            if ($rs = $extdb->Execute($sql)) {
                if (!$rs->EOF) {
                    if ($localuserfield === 'username') {
                        $usersearch = array('mnethostid'=>$CFG->mnet_localhost_id, 'deleted' =>0);
                    }
                    while ($fields = $rs->FetchRow()) {
                        $fields = array_change_key_case($fields, CASE_LOWER);
                        if (empty($fields[$userfield])) {
                            //user identification is mandatory!
                        }
                        $mapping = $fields[$userfield];
                        if (!isset($user_mapping[$mapping])) {
                            $usersearch[$localuserfield] = $mapping;
                            if (!$user = $DB->get_record('user', $usersearch, 'id', IGNORE_MULTIPLE)) {
                                // user does not exist or was deleted
                                continue;
                            }
                            $user_mapping[$mapping] = $user->id;
                            $userid = $user->id;
                        } else {
                            $userid = $user_mapping[$mapping];
                        }
                        if (empty($fields[$rolefield]) or !isset($roles[$fields[$rolefield]])) {
                            if (!$defaultrole) {
                                // role is mandatory
                                continue;
                            }
                            $roleid = $defaultrole;
                        } else {
                            $roleid = $roles[$fields[$rolefield]];
                        }

                        $requested_roles[$userid][$roleid] = $roleid;
                    }
                }
                $rs->Close();
            } else {
                mtrace('Error while communicating with external enrolment database');
                $extdb->Close();
                return;
            }
            unset($user_mapping);

            // enrol all users and sync roles
            foreach ($requested_roles as $userid=>$userroles) {
                foreach ($userroles as $roleid) {
                    if (empty($current_roles[$userid])) {
                        $this->enrol_user($instance, $userid, $roleid, 0, 0, ENROL_USER_ACTIVE);
                        $current_roles[$userid][$roleid] = $roleid;
                        $current_status[$userid] = ENROL_USER_ACTIVE;
                        if ($verbose) {
                            mtrace("  enrolling: $userid ==> $course->shortname as ".$allroles[$roleid]->shortname);
                        }
                    }
                }

                // assign extra roles
                foreach ($userroles as $roleid) {
                    if (empty($current_roles[$userid][$roleid])) {
                        role_assign($roleid, $userid, $context->id, 'enrol_database', $instance->id);
                        $current_roles[$userid][$roleid] = $roleid;
                        if ($verbose) {
                            mtrace("  assigning roles: $userid ==> $course->shortname as ".$allroles[$roleid]->shortname);
                        }
                    }
                }

                // unassign removed roles
                foreach($current_roles[$userid] as $cr) {
                    if (empty($userroles[$cr])) {
                        role_unassign($cr, $userid, $context->id, 'enrol_database', $instance->id);
                        unset($current_roles[$userid][$cr]);
                        if ($verbose) {
                            mtrace("  unsassigning roles: $userid ==> $course->shortname");
                        }
                    }
                }

                // reenable enrolment when previously disable enrolment refreshed
                if ($current_status[$userid] == ENROL_USER_SUSPENDED) {
                    $this->update_user_enrol($instance, $userid, ENROL_USER_ACTIVE);
                    if ($verbose) {
                        mtrace("  unsuspending: $userid ==> $course->shortname");
                    }
                }
            }

            // deal with enrolments removed from external table
            if ($unenrolaction == ENROL_EXT_REMOVED_UNENROL) {
                if (!$preventfullunenrol) {
                    // unenrol
                    foreach ($current_status as $userid=>$status) {
                        if (isset($requested_roles[$userid])) {
                            continue;
                        }
                        $this->unenrol_user($instance, $userid);
                        if ($verbose) {
                            mtrace("  unenrolling: $userid ==> $course->shortname");
                        }
                    }
                }

            } else if ($unenrolaction == ENROL_EXT_REMOVED_KEEP) {
                // keep - only adding enrolments

            } else if ($unenrolaction == ENROL_EXT_REMOVED_SUSPEND or $unenrolaction == ENROL_EXT_REMOVED_SUSPENDNOROLES) {
                // disable
                foreach ($current_status as $userid=>$status) {
                    if (isset($requested_roles[$userid])) {
                        continue;
                    }
                    if ($status != ENROL_USER_SUSPENDED) {
                        $this->update_user_enrol($instance, $userid, ENROL_USER_SUSPENDED);
                        if ($verbose) {
                            mtrace("  suspending: $userid ==> $course->shortname");
                        }
                    }
                    if ($unenrolaction == ENROL_EXT_REMOVED_SUSPENDNOROLES) {
                        role_unassign_all(array('contextid'=>$context->id, 'userid'=>$userid, 'component'=>'enrol_database', 'itemid'=>$instance->id));
                        if ($verbose) {
                            mtrace("  unsassigning all roles: $userid ==> $course->shortname");
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        // close db connection
        $extdb->Close();

        if ($verbose) {
            mtrace('...user enrolment synchronisation finished.');
        }

        return 0;
    }

    /**
     * Performs a full sync with external database.
     *
     * First it creates new courses if necessary, then
     * enrols and unenrols users.
     *
     * @param bool $verbose
     * @return int 0 means success, 1 db connect failure, 4 db read failure
     */
    public function sync_courses($verbose = false) {
        global $CFG, $DB;

        // make sure we sync either enrolments or courses
        if (!$this->get_config('dbtype') or !$this->get_config('dbhost') or !$this->get_config('newcoursetable') or !$this->get_config('newcoursefullname') or !$this->get_config('newcourseshortname')) {
            if ($verbose) {
                mtrace('Course synchronisation skipped.');
            }
            return 0;
        }

        if ($verbose) {
            mtrace('Starting course synchronisation...');
        }

        // we may need a lot of memory here
        @set_time_limit(0);
        raise_memory_limit(MEMORY_HUGE);

        if (!$extdb = $this->db_init()) {
            mtrace('Error while communicating with external enrolment database');
            return 1;
        }

        // first create new courses
        $table     = $this->get_config('newcoursetable');
        $fullname  = strtolower($this->get_config('newcoursefullname'));
        $shortname = strtolower($this->get_config('newcourseshortname'));
        $idnumber  = strtolower($this->get_config('newcourseidnumber'));
        $category  = strtolower($this->get_config('newcoursecategory'));

        $sqlfields = array($fullname, $shortname);
        if ($category) {
            $sqlfields[] = $category;
        }
        if ($idnumber) {
            $sqlfields[] = $idnumber;
        }
        $sql = $this->db_get_sql($table, array(), $sqlfields);
        $createcourses = array();
        if ($rs = $extdb->Execute($sql)) {
            if (!$rs->EOF) {
                while ($fields = $rs->FetchRow()) {
                    $fields = array_change_key_case($fields, CASE_LOWER);
                    $fields = $this->db_decode($fields);
                    if (empty($fields[$shortname]) or empty($fields[$fullname])) {
                        if ($verbose) {
                            mtrace('  error: invalid external course record, shortname and fullname are mandatory: ' . json_encode($fields)); // hopefully every geek can read JS, right?
                        }
                        continue;
                    }
                    if ($DB->record_exists('course', array('shortname'=>$fields[$shortname]))) {
                        // already exists
                        continue;
                    }
                    // allow empty idnumber but not duplicates
                    if ($idnumber and $fields[$idnumber] !== '' and $fields[$idnumber] !== null and $DB->record_exists('course', array('idnumber'=>$fields[$idnumber]))) {
                        if ($verbose) {
                            mtrace('  error: duplicate idnumber, can not create course: '.$fields[$shortname].' ['.$fields[$idnumber].']');
                        }
                        continue;
                    }
                    if ($category and !$DB->record_exists('course_categories', array('id'=>$fields[$category]))) {
                        if ($verbose) {
                            mtrace('  error: invalid category id, can not create course: '.$fields[$shortname]);
                        }
                        continue;
                    }
                    $course = new stdClass();
                    $course->fullname  = $fields[$fullname];
                    $course->shortname = $fields[$shortname];
                    $course->idnumber  = $idnumber ? $fields[$idnumber] : NULL;
                    $course->category  = $category ? $fields[$category] : NULL;
                    $createcourses[] = $course;
                }
            }
            $rs->Close();
        } else {
            mtrace('Error reading data from the external course table');
            $extdb->Close();
            return 4;
        }
        if ($createcourses) {
            require_once("$CFG->dirroot/course/lib.php");

            $templatecourse = $this->get_config('templatecourse');
            $defaultcategory = $this->get_config('defaultcategory');

            $template = false;
            if ($templatecourse) {
                if ($template = $DB->get_record('course', array('shortname'=>$templatecourse))) {
                    unset($template->id);
                    unset($template->fullname);
                    unset($template->shortname);
                    unset($template->idnumber);
                } else {
                    if ($verbose) {
                        mtrace("  can not find template for new course!");
                    }
                }
            }
            if (!$template) {
                $courseconfig = get_config('moodlecourse');
                $template = new stdClass();
                $template->summary        = '';
                $template->summaryformat  = FORMAT_HTML;
                $template->format         = $courseconfig->format;
                $template->numsections    = $courseconfig->numsections;
                $template->hiddensections = $courseconfig->hiddensections;
                $template->newsitems      = $courseconfig->newsitems;
                $template->showgrades     = $courseconfig->showgrades;
                $template->showreports    = $courseconfig->showreports;
                $template->maxbytes       = $courseconfig->maxbytes;
                $template->groupmode      = $courseconfig->groupmode;
                $template->groupmodeforce = $courseconfig->groupmodeforce;
                $template->visible        = $courseconfig->visible;
                $template->lang           = $courseconfig->lang;
                $template->groupmodeforce = $courseconfig->groupmodeforce;
            }
            if (!$DB->record_exists('course_categories', array('id'=>$defaultcategory))) {
                if ($verbose) {
                    mtrace("  default course category does not exist!");
                }
                $categories = $DB->get_records('course_categories', array(), 'sortorder', 'id', 0, 1);
                $first = reset($categories);
                $defaultcategory = $first->id;
            }

            foreach ($createcourses as $fields) {
                $newcourse = clone($template);
                $newcourse->fullname  = $fields->fullname;
                $newcourse->shortname = $fields->shortname;
                $newcourse->idnumber  = $fields->idnumber;
                $newcourse->category  = $fields->category ? $fields->category : $defaultcategory;

                // Detect duplicate data once again, above we can not find duplicates
                // in external data using DB collation rules...
                if ($DB->record_exists('course', array('shortname' => $newcourse->shortname))) {
                    if ($verbose) {
                        mtrace("  can not insert new course, duplicate shortname detected: ".$newcourse->shortname);
                    }
                    continue;
                } else if (!empty($newcourse->idnumber) and $DB->record_exists('course', array('idnumber' => $newcourse->idnumber))) {
                    if ($verbose) {
                        mtrace("  can not insert new course, duplicate idnumber detected: ".$newcourse->idnumber);
                    }
                    continue;
                }
                $c = create_course($newcourse);
                if ($verbose) {
                    mtrace("  creating course: $c->id, $c->fullname, $c->shortname, $c->idnumber, $c->category");
                }
            }

            unset($createcourses);
            unset($template);
        }

        // close db connection
        $extdb->Close();

        if ($verbose) {
            mtrace('...course synchronisation finished.');
        }

        return 0;
    }

    protected function db_get_sql($table, array $conditions, array $fields, $distinct = false, $sort = "") {
        $fields = $fields ? implode(',', $fields) : "*";
        $where = array();
        if ($conditions) {
            foreach ($conditions as $key=>$value) {
                $value = $this->db_encode($this->db_addslashes($value));

                $where[] = "$key = '$value'";
            }
        }
        $where = $where ? "WHERE ".implode(" AND ", $where) : "";
        $sort = $sort ? "ORDER BY $sort" : "";
        $distinct = $distinct ? "DISTINCT" : "";
        $sql = "SELECT $distinct $fields
                  FROM $table
                 $where
                  $sort";

        return $sql;
    }

    /**
     * Tries to make connection to the external database.
     *
     * @return null|ADONewConnection
     */
    protected function db_init() {
        global $CFG;

        require_once($CFG->libdir.'/adodb/adodb.inc.php');

        // Connect to the external database (forcing new connection)
        $extdb = ADONewConnection($this->get_config('dbtype'));
        if ($this->get_config('debugdb')) {
            $extdb->debug = true;
            ob_start(); //start output buffer to allow later use of the page headers
        }

        $result = $extdb->Connect($this->get_config('dbhost'), $this->get_config('dbuser'), $this->get_config('dbpass'), $this->get_config('dbname'), true);
        if (!$result) {
            return null;
        }

        $extdb->SetFetchMode(ADODB_FETCH_ASSOC);
        if ($this->get_config('dbsetupsql')) {
            $extdb->Execute($this->get_config('dbsetupsql'));
        }
        return $extdb;
    }

    protected function db_addslashes($text) {
        // using custom made function for now
        if ($this->get_config('dbsybasequoting')) {
            $text = str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $text);
            $text = str_replace(array('\'', '"', "\0"), array('\\\'', '\\"', '\\0'), $text);
        } else {
            $text = str_replace("'", "''", $text);
        }
        return $text;
    }

    protected function db_encode($text) {
        $dbenc = $this->get_config('dbencoding');
        if (empty($dbenc) or $dbenc == 'utf-8') {
            return $text;
        }
        if (is_array($text)) {
            foreach($text as $k=>$value) {
                $text[$k] = $this->db_encode($value);
            }
            return $text;
        } else {
            return textlib_get_instance()->convert($text, 'utf-8', $dbenc);
        }
    }

    protected function db_decode($text) {
        $dbenc = $this->get_config('dbencoding');
        if (empty($dbenc) or $dbenc == 'utf-8') {
            return $text;
        }
        if (is_array($text)) {
            foreach($text as $k=>$value) {
                $text[$k] = $this->db_decode($value);
            }
            return $text;
        } else {
            return textlib_get_instance()->convert($text, $dbenc, 'utf-8');
        }
    }
}

