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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Provides support for the conversion of moodle1 backup to the moodle2 format
+ *
+ * @package    block_html
+ * @copyright  2012 Paul Nicholls
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+/**
+ * Block conversion handler for html
+ */
+class moodle1_block_html_handler extends moodle1_block_handler {
+    private $fileman = null;
+    protected function convert_configdata(array $olddata) {
+        $instanceid = $olddata['id'];
+        $contextid  = $this->converter->get_contextid(CONTEXT_BLOCK, $olddata['id']);
+        $configdata = unserialize(base64_decode($olddata['configdata']));
+
+        // get a fresh new file manager for this instance
+        $this->fileman = $this->converter->get_file_manager($contextid, 'block_html');
+
+        // convert course files embedded in the block content
+        $this->fileman->filearea = 'content';
+        $this->fileman->itemid   = 0;
+        $configdata->text = moodle1_converter::migrate_referenced_files($configdata->text, $this->fileman);
+        $configdata->format = FORMAT_HTML;
+
+        return base64_encode(serialize($configdata));
+    }
+
+    protected function write_inforef_xml($newdata, $data) {
+        $this->open_xml_writer("course/blocks/{$data['name']}_{$data['id']}/inforef.xml");
+        $this->xmlwriter->begin_tag('inforef');
+        $this->xmlwriter->begin_tag('fileref');
+        foreach ($this->fileman->get_fileids() as $fileid) {
+            $this->write_xml('file', array('id' => $fileid));
+        }
+        $this->xmlwriter->end_tag('fileref');
+        $this->xmlwriter->end_tag('inforef');
+        $this->close_xml_writer();
+    }
+}
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