Hello,
First of all thanks for creating this set of plugins, they're really good.
Second, I am not sure if I am posting in the right subforum, but I couldn't see 3rd party plugins on category
I am trying to complete a certain task, which would extend moodle/joomla functionality.
It's a project for school that I am working on and I must finish it quickly, because the deadline is closing in.
I have little experience with joomla/moodle, and php, I mainly program in java.
I am trying to create a plugin that will allow me to search for moodle modules(scorm, assignment, etc) based on a search criteria(difficulty, resource type, category).
In order to do so I created a new table in moodle db, which has the required fields. I am now stuck at writing the php code, and I would really appreciate some pointers.
So far I have noticed that Joomla makes a remote call to moodle, and all the magic happens inside moodle.
The functions are defined in services.php(method name, file location, etc). This also needs to be reflected in the db
In externallib.php things become very hazy for me. I understand that I have to create 3 functions:
fuunction myFunc() - Here I see that sometimes the implementation if written in this file, and other times it is written in auth.php. Why is that, and how do I decide on what to use?
function myFunc_parameters() - This is self explanatory
function myFun_returns() - I don't understand what external_multiple_structure and external_single_structure are, and how do I decide which one to use.
At the moment this things are blocking me, and I cannot move forward with the development, can you throw some guidelines?
At the end of the assignment, once it's graded, I can pass it over to you, do what you want with it. I am thinking that it would be useful as a moodle addition(have resources like this filtered through information like category, difficulty, grade level or file type), and as a part of joomdle components.
Thank you
