Plugin settings

Plugin settings

by Yunus Zaytaev -
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Hello!

I've faced with a trouble:

I'm developing plagiarism plugin and when the plugin is successfully installed I don't see Settings link on Plugins Overview page. Moodle version is 3.0. Previously with Moodle 2.9 everything was OK.

Also I've tried to install other plagiarism plugins, and don't see Settings link for them as well, please see screenshot attached, CheckItNow is mine.

I've tried to Google it, but unsuccessful. I guess that there is some 'magic' button, don't know where
Thanks in advance!

Attachment plag-plugin.png
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Re: Plugin settings

by Marcus Green -
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Are you confident you have a settings.php file in the root of your plugin. Can you turn debugging to developer and then re-request that page.

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Re: Plugin settings

by Yunus Zaytaev -

Hi, Marcus!

Yes, I have settings.php in the root, both for my plugin and others
I've turned debugging - DEVELOPER level with displaying debug messages
Page /admin/settings.php?section=checkitnow gives me:

Section error!

More information about this error

Debug info: 
Error code: sectionerror
Stack trace:
  • line 488 of /lib/setuplib.php: moodle_exception thrown
  • line 6829 of /lib/adminlib.php: call to print_error()
  • line 51 of /admin/repository.php: call to admin_externalpage_setup()
and page http://10.90.104.24/admin/settings.php?section=plagiarism_checkitnow gives similar:

Section error!

More information about this error

Debug info: 
Error code: sectionerror
Stack trace:
  • line 488 of /lib/setuplib.php: moodle_exception thrown
  • line 23 of /admin/settings.php: call to print_error()


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Re: Plugin settings

by Marcus Green -
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I suspect the error from checkit_now was preventing you seeing the settings options in the others.  I suspect you have an error around line 51 of your settings.php file but without the source code it is hard to tell.

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Re: Plugin settings

by Justin Hunt -
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I get an error that looks like that when my login expires and I try to access a settings page. I guess thats not it in this case though.

It might be that loading the settings pages is failing, as Marcus suggested, because there is a typo or problem in the checkit plugin's settings page. Can you try removing it temporarily, or commenting out almost all of it, and see if that makes a difference? 

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Re: Plugin settings

by Yunus Zaytaev -

You mean remove plugin or settings.php?
I've re-install the plugin a couple of times with the same result, purged caches and restart Apache

I've remove all lines (with purging caches) except these:

require_once(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/../config.php'); 

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

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

require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/plagiarism/checkitnow/lib.php');

equire_once($CFG->dirroot.'/plagiarism/checkitnow/plagiarism_form.php');

require_login();

admin_externalpage_setup('plagiarismcheckitnow');

And result is like that:

Debug info: 
Error code: sectionerror
Stack trace:
  • line 488 of /lib/setuplib.php: moodle_exception thrown
  • line 23 of /admin/settings.php: call to print_error()
Also I'm confused - PlagScan and Vericite do not work as well


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Re: Plugin settings

by Marcus Green -
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At the moment I am not sure which line in settings is causing the error. When faced with this problem I tend to put a line containing 

exit();

Towards the top of the file, then refresh the page to see if I get an error (at first you get nothing at all of course),

I then move the exit down the page (typically two lines at a time), until I get the error, which means I know approximately where the error is being triggered. Crude but it works.

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Re: Plugin settings

by Emma Richardson -
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Have you checked the permissions on the plugin folders by chance?  Are you installing through the web interface or directly adding the folder on the server?

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Re: Plugin settings

by Yunus Zaytaev -

Hi, Emma!
I've solved my problem, I forgot to enable plagiarism plugins in advanced features.
Coping with the trouble, I looked through the documentation, searching for errors in my plugin, but e.g. https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Plagiarism_plugins does not say about this checkbox.
Maybe it would be good to add one sentence about it somewhere smile I think as Documentation Writer you know the best place for it smile

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Re: Plugin settings

by Emma Richardson -
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Glad you fixed it.  I added where to enable in the documents but anyone (including you!) can change the docs if you think it should be made clearer!

First time I realized that I am a document writer!!  Lol.

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Re: Plugin settings

by Davo Smith -
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Commenting as I just had the exact same error message locally (with an assignment feedback plugin).

In my case, it was because the plugin had some upgrade steps that needed running - so visiting 'site admin > notifications' sorted it out. This may not help in your case, but sharing in case it does.

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Re: Plugin settings

by Yunus Zaytaev -

Hi, Davo!

You know, notifications themselves didnot help me, but your idea led me to Administration -> Advanced Features and I saw checkbox for enabling plagiarism plugins. It solved my problem! smile
Probably with Moodle 2.9 I've checked it and forgot - it was 3 months ago

Thank you, Davo, Marcus, Justin!

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