gradeimporter/lib.php

<?php

//adds gradeimporter to add new activity page
function tool_devcourse_extend_navigation_course($navigation, $course, $coursecontext) {
    $url = new moodle_url('/admin/tool/devcourse/index.php');
    $devcoursenode = navigation_node::create('Development course', $url, navigation_node::TYPE_CUSTOM, 'Dev course', 'devcourse');
    $navigation->add_node($devcoursenode);
}

function gradeimporter_supports($feature) {
    switch($feature) {
       case FEATURE_MOD_INTRO:         return true;
       case FEATURE_SHOW_DESCRIPTION:  return true;
  
       default:                        return null;
      }
    }

function gradeimporter_add_instance ($data, $mform) {
    /*
        *Given an object containing all the necessary data,
        *(defined by the form in mod_form.php) this function
        *creates a new instance and returns the id of this new
        *instance.
        *
        *@param $data: an object from the form in mod_form.php
        *@return int: the id of the newly inserted gradeimport record
    */
    global $DB;
    $data->timemodified = time();
    
    $data->id = $DB->insert_record("gradeimporter", $data);
    
    return $data->id;
}

function gradeimporter_update_instance ($data){
    /*
        *given an object containing all the necessary data,
        *(defined by the form in mod_form.php) this function
        *updates an existing instance with the new data.
        *
        *@param $data: an object from the form mod_form.php
        *@return boolean: if the record update was a success of fail
    */
    global $DB;

    $data->timemodified = time();
    $data->id = $data->instance;

    return $DB->update_record('gradeimporter', $data);
}

function gradeimporter_delete_instance($data){
    /*
    *Given an id of a gradeimporter instance,
    * this function permanently deletes the instance
    * and any data that depends on it.
    *
    *@param int $id: Id of the gradeimporter instance
    *@return boolean, if the deletion was a success or
    *                 a failure.
    */

    global $DB;
    
    if (!$data = $DB->get_record('gradeimporter', array('id'=>$id) ) ){
        return false;
    }

    $DB->delete_records('gradeimporter', array('id'=>$id) );
    return true;
}