Merging $CFG->disablestatsprocessing from stable

admin/configvars.php

@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ class configvarrss extends configvar {
     }
     
 /// enable stats
+if (empty($CFG->disablestatsprocessing)) {
     $stats['enablestats'] = new configvar (get_string('configenablestats','admin'),
         choose_from_menu($noyesoptions, 'enablestats', $config->enablestats, '', '', '', true) );
 
@@ -639,7 +640,7 @@ class configvarrss extends configvar {
 
     $stats['statsuserthreshold'] = new configvar (get_string('configstatsuserthreshold','admin'),
       '<input type="text" name="statsuserthreshold" size="4" value="'.$config->statsuserthreshold.'" />');
-                                              
+}                                        
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
@@ -652,6 +653,8 @@ class configvarrss extends configvar {
     $configvars['permissions']     = $permissions;
     $configvars['requestedcourse'] = $reqcourse;
     $configvars['misc']            = $misc;
+if (empty($CFG->disablestatsprocessing)) {
     $configvars['stats']           = $stats;
+}
 
 ?>

admin/cron.php

@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
         unset($enrol);
     }
 
-    if (!empty($CFG->enablestats)) {
+    if (!empty($CFG->enablestats) and empty($CFG->disablestatsprocessing)) {
 
         // check we're not before our runtime
         $timetocheck = strtotime("$CFG->statsruntimestarthour:$CFG->statsruntimestartminute today");

config-dist.php

@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ $CFG->admin = 'admin';
 // Useful for webhost operators who have alternate methods of backups
 //      $CFG->disablescheduledbackups = true;
 //
+// Prevent stats processing and hide the GUI
+//      $CFG->disablestatsprocessing = true;
+//
 // Set global password for "Login as", teacher is prompted only once in each session.
 // Set your own password and tell it only to teachers that should have access to this feature.
 //      $CFG->loginaspassword = 'yoursharedpassword';