4.x _Course.php	_Course::to_data_string()
5.x _Course.php	_Course::to_data_string()

This function will create a "data string" of the course. Think of it as a poor man's serialize. I can't actually use serialize, as I have to call this for every course on the screen, and the page load time was too long when using serialize, probably because of all the extra fields which I did not need.

The string returned will be used to send information about this course to a popup window.

Important details about the course are put into a particular order, separated by commas. Booleans are converted to either 1 or 0.

This function is the mirror of load_course_from_data_string().

Return value

string

File

classes/_Course.php, line 563

Class

_Course

Code

function to_data_string() 
 {
  $rtn = "";

  $rtn .= $this->course_id . "~";
  $rtn .= $this->assigned_to_semester_num . "~";
  $rtn .= fp_join_assoc($this->assigned_to_group_ids_array) . "~";
  $rtn .= intval($this->bool_advised_to_take) . "~";
  $rtn .= $this->specified_repeats . "~";
  $rtn .= intval($this->bool_specified_repeat) . "~";
  $rtn .= $this->grade . "~";
  $rtn .= $this->get_hours_awarded() * 1 . "~";
  $rtn .= $this->term_id . "~";
  $rtn .= $this->advised_hours * 1 . "~";

  $rtn .= intval($this->bool_transfer) . "~";

  // If this is a transfer, then we will put in various information
  // about the original transfer course...
  if ($this->bool_transfer == true) 
   {
    $rtn .= $this->course_transfer->course_id . "~";
  }
  else {
    // Just enter blank.
    $rtn .= "~";
  }

  $rtn .= intval($this->bool_added_course) . "~";
  $rtn .= $this->db_advised_courses_id . "~";
  $rtn .= $this->random_id . "~";

  $rtn .= fp_join_assoc($this->get_degree_details_data_string("bool_substitution")) . "~";
  // If this is a substitution, what is the original requirement?
  if ($this->get_bool_substitution(-1)) 
   {
    // Create a simple assoc array for our course substitutions, where all we need to keep track of
    // is their course_id, not the entire course object.

    $temp = $this->get_degree_details_data_string("course_substitution");

    $arr = array();
    foreach ($temp as $key => $c) {
      $arr [$key] = $c->course_id;
    }

    //$rtn .= $this->course_substitution->course_id . "," . $this->req_by_degree_id . "~";
    $rtn .= fp_join_assoc($arr) . "~";

  }
  else {
    // Just enter blank.
    $rtn .= "~";
  }
  ///////////////////


  $rtn .= fp_join_assoc($this->db_substitution_id_array) . "~";
  $rtn .= $this->min_hours * 1 . "~";
  $rtn .= $this->max_hours * 1 . "~";

  //$rtn .= intval($this->get_bool_substitution_new_from_split()) . "~";
  $rtn .= fp_join_assoc($this->get_degree_details_data_string("bool_substitution_new_from_split")) . "~";
  //$rtn .= intval($this->get_bool_substitution_split()) . "~";
  $rtn .= fp_join_assoc($this->get_degree_details_data_string("bool_substitution_split")) . "~";

  // no longer used
  //$rtn .= intval($this->bool_has_been_assigned) . "~";
  $rtn .= "0~"; // temporary just to keep place.  Should probably just be removed.


  $rtn .= $this->display_status . "~";

  $rtn .= intval($this->bool_ghost_hour) . "~";

  $rtn .= fp_join_assoc($this->assigned_to_degree_ids_array) . "~";

  $rtn .= $this->req_by_degree_id . "~";
  $rtn .= $this->disp_for_group_id . "~";


  return $rtn;
}