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+<?php  // $Id$
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//                                                                       //
+// NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT                                                   //
+//                                                                       //
+// Moodle - Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment         //
+//          http://moodle.org                                            //
+//                                                                       //
+// Copyright (C) 2005 Martin Dougiamas  http://dougiamas.com             //
+//                                                                       //
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  //
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  //
+// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     //
+// (at your option) any later version.                                   //
+//                                                                       //
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       //
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        //
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         //
+// GNU General Public License for more details:                          //
+//                                                                       //
+//          http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html                         //
+//                                                                       //
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    require_once('../../config.php');
+    require_once('lib.php');
+
+    require_login();
+
+    $id    = optional_param('id', 0, PARAM_INT);    // course module id
+    $d     = optional_param('d', 0, PARAM_INT);    // database id
+    $rid   = optional_param('rid', 0, PARAM_INT);    //record id
+
+    if ($id) {
+        if (! $cm = get_record('course_modules', 'id', $id)) {
+            error('Course Module ID was incorrect');
+        }
+        if (! $course = get_record('course', 'id', $cm->course)) {
+            error('Course is misconfigured');
+        }
+        if (! $data = get_record('data', 'id', $cm->instance)) {
+            error('Course module is incorrect');
+        }
+
+    } else {
+        if (! $data = get_record('data', 'id', $d)) {
+            error('Data ID is incorrect');
+        }
+        if (! $course = get_record('course', 'id', $data->course)) {
+            error('Course is misconfigured');
+        }
+        if (! $cm = get_coursemodule_from_instance('data', $data->id, $course->id)) {
+            error('Course Module ID was incorrect');
+        }
+    }
+    
+    if (isteacher($course->id)) {
+        if (!count_records('data_fields','dataid',$data->id)) {      // Brand new database!
+            redirect($CFG->wwwroot.'/mod/data/fields.php?d='.$data->id);  // Redirect to field entry
+        }
+    }
+
+    ///checking for participants
+    if ((!isteacher($course->id)) && $data->participants ==PARTICIPANTS_T) {
+        error ('students are not allowed to participate in this activity');
+    }
+
+    if ($rid){    //editting a record, do you have access to edit this?
+        if (!isteacher($course->id) or !data_isowner($rid) or !confirm_sesskey()){
+            error (get_string('noaccess','data'));
+        }
+    }
+  
+
+/// Print the page header
+
+    $strdata = get_string('modulenameplural','data');
+
+    print_header_simple($data->name, "", "<a href='index.php?id=$course->id'>$strdata</a> -> $data->name", "", "", true, "", navmenu($course));
+
+    print_heading(format_string($data->name));
+
+/// Print the tabs
+
+    $currenttab = 'add';
+    include('tabs.php');
+
+    if ($records = data_get_records_csv($CFG->dataroot.'/'.$course->id.'/dataimport.csv')) {
+
+        $db->debug =true;
+        $fieldnames = array_shift($records);
+
+        foreach ($records as $record) {
+
+            if ($recordid = data_add_record($data->id, 0)) {    //add instance to data_record
+                $fields = get_records('data_fields','dataid',$data->id, '', 'name,id,type');
+                print_object($fields);
+                
+                //do a manual round of inserting, to make sure even empty conentes get stored
+                foreach ($fields as $field) {
+                    $content->recordid = $recordid;
+                    $content->fieldid = $field->id;
+                    insert_record('data_content',$content);
+                }
+                //for each field in the add form, add it to the data_content.
+                foreach ($record as $key => $value) {
+                    $name = $fieldnames[$key];
+                    $field = $fields[$name];
+                    require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/mod/data/field/'.$field->type.'/field.class.php');
+                    $newfield = 'data_field_'.$field->type;
+                    $currentfield = new $newfield($field->id);
+
+                    $currentfield->update_data_content($currentfield->id, $recordid, $value, $name);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+/// Print entry saved msg, if any
+    if (!empty($entrysaved)){
+        notify (get_string('entrysaved','data'));
+        echo '<p />';
+    }
+
+
+/// Finish the page
+    
+    print_footer($course);
+
+
+
+
+function data_get_records_csv($file) {
+    global $CFG, $db;
+
+    if(!($handle = @fopen($file, 'r'))) {
+        error('get_records_csv failed to open '.$file);
+    }
+
+    $rows = array();
+
+    $fieldnames = fgetcsv($handle, 4096);
+    if(empty($fieldnames)) {
+        fclose($handle);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    $rows[] = $fieldnames;
+
+    while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 4096)) !== false) {
+        $rows[] = $data;
+    }
+
+    fclose($handle);
+    return $rows;
+}
+?>