title = get_string('pluginname', 'block_news_items'); } function get_content() { global $CFG, $USER; if ($this->content !== NULL) { return $this->content; } $this->content = new stdClass; $this->content->text = ''; $this->content->footer = ''; if (empty($this->instance)) { return $this->content; } if ($this->page->course->newsitems) { // Create a nice listing of recent postings require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/mod/forum/lib.php'); // We'll need this $text = ''; if (!$forum = forum_get_course_forum($this->page->course->id, 'news')) { return ''; } $modinfo = get_fast_modinfo($this->page->course); if (empty($modinfo->instances['forum'][$forum->id])) { return ''; } $cm = $modinfo->instances['forum'][$forum->id]; if (!$cm->uservisible) { return ''; } $context = get_context_instance(CONTEXT_MODULE, $cm->id); /// User must have perms to view discussions in that forum if (!has_capability('mod/forum:viewdiscussion', $context)) { return ''; } /// First work out whether we can post to this group and if so, include a link $groupmode = groups_get_activity_groupmode($cm); $currentgroup = groups_get_activity_group($cm, true); if (forum_user_can_post_discussion($forum, $currentgroup, $groupmode, $cm, $context)) { $text .= '
'; } /// Get all the recent discussions we're allowed to see if (! $discussions = forum_get_discussions($cm, 'p.modified DESC', false, $currentgroup, $this->page->course->newsitems) ) { $text .= '('.get_string('nonews', 'forum').')'; $this->content->text = $text; return $this->content; } /// Actually create the listing now $strftimerecent = get_string('strftimerecent'); $strmore = get_string('more', 'forum'); /// Accessibility: markup as a list. $text .= "\n