Hi there. I am new to moodle. I have to complete a project. I am making my own block. I followed each step as discussed in doc.moodle.org/dev/Blocks.
When I click on 'upgrade moodle database now', it doesn't appear any information and a blank page appears, having address in browser like http://localhost/moodle/admin/index.php?confirmplugincheck=1&cache=0. Please help me in this matter. thanks in advance.
Did you activate the debug mode ?
Thanks Valery Fremaux for sharing information.
Actually I activated the debug mode too. This time blank screen didn't appear but an error occured which I think should not occur.
My code of config.php is here:
$CFG->dbtype = 'mysqli';
$CFG->dblibrary = 'native';
$CFG->dbhost = 'localhost';
$CFG->dbname = 'moodle';
$CFG->dbuser = 'moodleuser';
$CFG->dbpass = '1234';
$CFG->prefix = 'mdl_';
$CFG->dboptions = array (
'dbpersist' => 0,
'dbport' => '',
'dbsocket' => '',
);
$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://localhost/moodle';
$CFG->dataroot = '/var/moodledata';
$CFG->admin = 'admin';
$CFG->directorypermissions = 0777; //setting permission to edit
//something in config.php
//<--------below lines are used for displaying errors when blank pages appears or simply when 'dubugging on' needed-->
require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/lib/setup.php');
ini_set ('display_errors', 'on');
ini_set ('log_errors', 'on');
ini_set ('display_startup_errors', 'on');
ini_set ('error_reporting', E_ALL);
//<------------------------------------
//displaying more debuging messages
$CFG-> debug = 6143;
$CFG->debugdisplay = 1;
//<-------------------------------------
AND THE ERROR THAT OCCURED IS:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_PUBLIC in /var/www/moodle/blocks/teachersnparents/block_teachersnparents.php on line 8 //error generated
What else do need to change in above code??
Where is the code for block_teachersnparents from? Can you post the first 20 lines of that block and say how many lines it contains in all?
This is code for the block as mentioned in the 'making block step by step' documentation. I've only changed the name of my block i.e. block_teachersnparents.
<?php
class block_teachersnparents extends block_base {
public function init() {
$this->title = get_string('teachersnparents', 'block_teachersnparents');
// we need to display something in our block, therfore we need the following method
public function get_content() { //this function defined here is an abstract function from content_base
if ($this->content !== null) {
return $this->content;
}
$this->content = new stdClass;
$this->content->text = 'Welcome to our first block \'TeachersnParents\'';
$this->content->footer = 'Footer here...';
return $this->content;
}
// method for specilization
public function specialization() {
if (!empty($this->config->title)) {
$this->title = $this->config->title;
} else {
$this->config->title = 'Default title ...';
}
if (empty($this->config->text)) {
$this->config->text = 'Default text ...';
}
}
} // the class END
// the PHP tag and the curly bracket for the class definition
// will only be closed after there is another function added in the
// next section
I suspect you have done more than that. You are trying to start the code for get_content before you have closed the block for init, i.e. you are missing the closing } for init. I recommend you get a tool such as Netbeans which will highlight some errors before you load in a web server. See the attached image of your code (If you put your mouse over the red dot it gives an error message)
