4.x _Course.php	_Course::__construct($course_id = "", $is_transfer = false, DatabaseHandler $db = NULL, $is_blank = false, $catalog_year = "", $bool_use_draft = false)
5.x _Course.php	_Course::__construct($course_id = "", $is_transfer = false, DatabaseHandler $db = NULL, $is_blank = false, $catalog_year = "", $bool_use_draft = false)

The constructor for a Course object.

Parameters

int $course_id:

• Numeric course_id of the course to try to load. Leave blank if you simply wish to instantiate a course object.

bool $is_transfer:

• Is this course a transfer course? Meaning, from another school.

DatabaseHandler $db:

bool $is_blank:

int $catalog_year:

• What catalog_year does this Course belong to? This is used later when we call load_descriptive_data() to get its description, hour count, etc.

bool $bool_use_draft:

File

classes/_Course.php, line 88

Class

_Course

Code

function __construct($course_id = "", $is_transfer = false, DatabaseHandler $db = NULL, $is_blank = false, $catalog_year = "", $bool_use_draft = false) 
 {

  $this->advised_hours = -1;

  if ($is_blank == true) 
   { // Do nothing if this is a "blank" course.
    return;
  }

  $array_valid_names = array(); // will hold all "valid" names for this course (non excluded names).
  $this->course_id = intval($course_id); // Force it to be numeric.
  $this->temp_old_course_id = 0; // Used in case we delete the course_id, we can get it back (good with substitutions of transfers that are outdated).
  $this->catalog_year = $catalog_year;
  $this->assigned_to_semester_num = -1;
  //$this->assigned_to_group_id = 0;  // deprecated
  $this->assigned_to_group_ids_array = array();
  $this->bool_advised_to_take = false;
  $this->bool_added_course = false;
  $this->specified_repeats = 0;
  $this->bool_specified_repeat = false;

  // Give this course instance a "random" numeric id, meaning, it doesn't really mean anything.
  // It used to actually be random, but we will use a simple increment instead to ensure it is unique.
  if (!isset($GLOBALS ['fp_courses_random_ids'])) {
    $GLOBALS ['fp_courses_random_ids'] = 10;
  }

  $this->random_id = $GLOBALS ['fp_courses_random_ids'];


  ++$this->display_status = "eligible";
  $this->course_list_fulfilled_by = new CourseList();
  $this->group_list_unassigned = new GroupList();
  $this->bool_use_draft = $bool_use_draft;
  $this->disp_for_group_id = "";
  $this->req_by_degree_id = 0;

  //$this->bool_has_been_displayed_by_degree_array = array();

  //$this->bool_substitution_by_degree_array = array();

  $this->db_substitution_id_array = array();
  //$this->course_substitution_by_degree_array = array();

  $this->details_by_degree_array = array();
  $this->details_by_degree_array [-1] = array(); // to keep notices from showing up.    


  $this->assigned_to_degree_ids_array = array();

  // Always override if the global variable is set.
  if (@$GLOBALS ["fp_advising"]["bool_use_draft"] == true) {
    $this->bool_use_draft = true;
  }

  $this->db = $db;
  if ($db == NULL) 
   {
    $this->db = get_global_database_handler();
  }

  if ($course_id != "") 
   {
    $this->load_course($course_id, $is_transfer);
  }
}