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short_answer.classes.inc in Quiz 6.4

The main classes for the short answer question type.

These inherit or implement code found in quiz_question.classes.inc.

If you are developing your own question type, the easiest place to start is with multichoice.classes.inc. short_answer and long_answer are good for understanding question types that involve textual answers.

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question_types/short_answer/short_answer.classes.inc
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<?php

/**
 * The main classes for the short answer question type.
 *
 * These inherit or implement code found in quiz_question.classes.inc.
 *
 * If you are developing your own question type, the easiest place to start is with
 * multichoice.classes.inc. short_answer and long_answer are good for understanding
 * question types that involve textual answers.
 *
 * @file
 */

/**
 * Extension of QuizQuestion.
 *
 * This could have extended long answer, except that that would have entailed
 * adding long answer as a dependency.
 */
class ShortAnswerQuestion extends QuizQuestion {

  // Constants for answer matching options
  const ANSWER_MATCH = 0;
  const ANSWER_INSENSITIVE_MATCH = 1;
  const ANSWER_REGEX = 2;
  const ANSWER_MANUAL = 3;

  /**
   * Implementation of saveNodeProperties
   *
   * @see QuizQuestion#saveNodeProperties($is_new)
   */
  public function saveNodeProperties($is_new = FALSE) {
    if ($is_new || $this->node->revision == 1) {
      $sql = "INSERT INTO {quiz_short_answer_node_properties}\n        (nid, vid, correct_answer, correct_answer_evaluation)\n        VALUES (%d, %d, '%s', %d)";
      db_query($sql, $this->node->nid, $this->node->vid, $this->node->correct_answer, $this->node->correct_answer_evaluation);
    }
    else {
      $sql = "UPDATE {quiz_short_answer_node_properties}\n        SET correct_answer = '%s', correct_answer_evaluation = %d\n        WHERE nid = %d AND vid = %d";
      db_query($sql, $this->node->correct_answer, $this->node->correct_answer_evaluation, $this->node->nid, $this->node->vid);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Implementation of validateNode
   *
   * @see QuizQuestion#validateNode($form)
   */
  public function validateNode(array &$form) {
    if ($this->node->correct_answer_evaluation != self::ANSWER_MANUAL && empty($this->node->correct_answer)) {
      form_set_error('correct_answer', t('An answer must be specified for any evaluation type other than manual scoring.'));
    }
  }

  /**
   * Implementation of delete
   *
   * @see QuizQuestion#delete($only_this_version)
   */
  public function delete($only_this_version = FALSE) {
    parent::delete($only_this_version);
    if ($only_this_version) {
      db_query('DELETE FROM {quiz_short_answer_user_answers} WHERE question_nid = %d AND question_vid = %d', $this->node->nid, $this->node->vid);
      db_query('DELETE FROM {quiz_short_answer_node_properties} WHERE nid = %d AND vid = %d', $this->node->nid, $this->node->vid);
    }
    else {
      db_query('DELETE FROM {quiz_short_answer_user_answers} WHERE question_nid = %d', $this->node->nid);
      db_query('DELETE FROM {quiz_short_answer_node_properties} WHERE nid = %d', $this->node->nid);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Implementation of getNodeProperties
   *
   * @see QuizQuestion#getNodeProperties()
   */
  public function getNodeProperties() {
    if (isset($this->nodeProperties)) {
      return $this->nodeProperties;
    }
    $props = parent::getNodeProperties();
    $sql = 'SELECT correct_answer, correct_answer_evaluation
      FROM {quiz_short_answer_node_properties}
      WHERE nid = %d AND vid = %d';
    $res = db_query($sql, $this->node->nid, $this->node->vid);
    $res_a = db_fetch_array($res);
    if (is_array($res_a)) {
      $props = array_merge($props, $res_a);
    }
    $this->nodeProperties = $props;
    return $props;
  }

  /**
   * Implementation of getNodeView
   *
   * @see QuizQuestion#getNodeView()
   */
  public function getNodeView() {
    $content = parent::getNodeView();
    if ($this
      ->viewCanRevealCorrect()) {
      $content['answers'] = array(
        '#type' => 'markup',
        '#value' => '<div class="quiz-solution">' . check_plain($this->node->correct_answer) . '</div>',
        '#weight' => 1,
      );
    }
    else {
      $content['answers'] = array(
        '#type' => 'markup',
        '#value' => '<div class="quiz-answer-hidden">Answer hidden</div>',
        '#weight' => 2,
      );
    }
    return $content;
  }

  /**
   * Implementation of getAnsweringForm
   *
   * @see QuizQuestion#getAnsweringForm($form_state, $rid)
   */
  public function getAnsweringForm(array $form_state = NULL, $rid) {
    $form = parent::getAnsweringForm($form_state, $rid);
    $form['#theme'] = 'short_answer_answering_form';
    $form['tries'] = array(
      '#type' => 'textfield',
      '#title' => t('Answer'),
      '#description' => t('Enter your answer here'),
      '#default_value' => '',
      '#size' => 60,
      '#maxlength' => 256,
      '#required' => FALSE,
    );
    if (isset($rid)) {
      $response = new ShortAnswerResponse($rid, $this->node);
      $form['tries']['#default_value'] = $response
        ->getResponse();
    }
    return $form;
  }

  /**
   * Implementation of getCreationForm
   *
   * @see QuizQuestion#getCreationForm($form_state)
   */
  public function getCreationForm(array $form_state = NULL) {
    $form['answer'] = array(
      '#type' => 'fieldset',
      '#title' => t('Answer'),
      '#description' => t('Provide the answer and the method by which the answer will be evaluated.'),
      '#collapsible' => TRUE,
      '#collapsed' => FALSE,
      '#weight' => -4,
    );
    $options = array(
      self::ANSWER_MATCH => t('Automatic and case sensitive'),
      self::ANSWER_INSENSITIVE_MATCH => t('Automatic. Not case sensitive'),
    );
    $access_regex = user_access('use regex for short answer');
    if ($access_regex) {
      $options[self::ANSWER_REGEX] = t('Match against a regular expression (answer must match the supplied regular expression)');
    }
    $options[self::ANSWER_MANUAL] = t('Manual');
    $form['answer']['correct_answer_evaluation'] = array(
      '#type' => 'radios',
      '#title' => t('Pick an evaluation method'),
      '#description' => t('Choose how the answer shall be evaluated.'),
      '#options' => $options,
      '#default_value' => isset($this->node->correct_answer_evaluation) ? $this->node->correct_answer_evaluation : self::ANSWER_MATCH,
      '#required' => FALSE,
    );
    if ($access_regex) {
      $form['answer']['regex_box'] = array(
        '#type' => 'fieldset',
        '#title' => t('About regular expressions'),
        '#collapsible' => TRUE,
        '#collapsed' => TRUE,
      );
      $form['answer']['regex_box']['regex_help'] = array(
        '#type' => 'markup',
        '#value' => '<p>' . t('Regular expressions are an advanced syntax for pattern matching. They allow you to create a concise set of rules that must be met before a value can be considered a match.') . '</p><p>' . t('For more on regular expression syntax, visit !url.', array(
          '!url' => l('the PHP regular expressions documentation', 'http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.pcre.php'),
        )) . '</p>',
      );
    }
    $form['answer']['correct_answer'] = array(
      '#type' => 'textfield',
      '#title' => t('Correct answer'),
      '#description' => t('Specify the answer. If this question is manually scored, no answer needs to be supplied.'),
      '#default_value' => isset($this->node->correct_answer) ? $this->node->correct_answer : '',
      '#size' => 60,
      '#maxlength' => 256,
      '#required' => FALSE,
    );
    return $form;
  }

  /**
   * Implementation of getMaximumScore
   *
   * @see QuizQuestion#getMaximumScore()
   */
  public function getMaximumScore() {
    return 5;
  }

  /**
   * Evaluate the correctness of an answer based on the correct answer and evaluation method.
   */
  public function evaluateAnswer($user_answer) {
    $score = 0;
    switch ($this->node->correct_answer_evaluation) {
      case self::ANSWER_MATCH:
        if ($user_answer == $this->node->correct_answer) {
          $score = $this->node->max_score;
        }
        break;
      case self::ANSWER_INSENSITIVE_MATCH:
        if (drupal_strtolower($user_answer) == drupal_strtolower($this->node->correct_answer)) {
          $score = $this->node->max_score;
        }
        break;
      case self::ANSWER_REGEX:
        if (preg_match($this->node->correct_answer, $user_answer) > 0) {
          $score = $this->node->max_score;
        }
        break;
    }
    return $score;
  }

}

/**
 * Extension of QuizQuestionResponse
 */
class ShortAnswerResponse extends QuizQuestionResponse {

  /**
   * Get all quiz scores that haven't been evaluated yet.
   *
   * @param $count
   *  Number of items to return (default: 50).
   * @param $offset
   *  Where in the results we should start (default: 0).
   *
   * @return
   *  Array of objects describing unanswered questions. Each object will have result_id, question_nid, and question_vid.
   */
  public static function fetchAllUnscoredAnswers($count = 50, $offset = 0) {
    global $user;
    $sql = 'SELECT a.result_id, a.question_nid, a.question_vid, a.answer_feedback, r.title, qnr.time_end, qnr.time_start, qnr.uid
            FROM {quiz_short_answer_user_answers} AS a
            INNER JOIN {node_revisions} r ON a.question_vid = r.vid
            INNER JOIN {quiz_node_results} qnr ON a.result_id = qnr.result_id
            JOIN {node} n ON qnr.nid = n.nid
            WHERE a.is_evaluated = 0';
    if (!user_access('score any quiz')) {
      $sql .= ' AND n.uid = %d';
    }
    $results = db_query_range(db_rewrite_sql($sql), $user->uid, $offset, $count);
    $unscored = array();
    if ($results) {
      while ($row = db_fetch_object($results)) {
        $unscored[] = $row;
      }
    }
    return $unscored;
  }

  /**
   * Given a question, return a list of all of the unscored answers.
   *
   * @param $nid
   *  Node ID for the question to check.
   * @param $vid
   *  Version ID for the question to check.
   * @param $count
   *  Number of items to return (default: 50).
   * @param $offset
   *  Where in the results we should start (default: 0).
   *
   * @return
   *  Indexed array of result IDs that need to be scored.
   */
  public static function fetchUnscoredAnswersByQuestion($nid, $vid, $count = 50, $offset = 0) {
    $results = db_query_range('SELECT result_id FROM {quiz_short_answer_user_answers} WHERE is_evaluated = 0 AND question_nid = %d AND question_vid = %d', $nid, $vid, $offset, $count);
    $unscored = array();
    foreach (db_fetch_object($results) as $row) {
      $unscored[] = $row->result_id;
    }
    return $unscored;
  }

  /**
   * ID of the answer.
   */
  protected $answer_id = 0;

  /**
   * Constructor
   */
  public function __construct($result_id, stdClass $question_node, $answer = NULL) {
    parent::__construct($result_id, $question_node, $answer);
    if (!isset($answer)) {
      $sql = "SELECT answer_id, answer, is_evaluated, score, question_vid, question_nid, result_id, answer_feedback\n        FROM {quiz_short_answer_user_answers}\n        WHERE question_nid = %d AND question_vid = %d AND result_id = %d";
      $r = db_fetch_object(db_query($sql, $question_node->nid, $question_node->vid, $result_id));
      if (!empty($r)) {
        $this->answer = $r->answer;
        $this->score = $r->score;
        $this->evaluated = $r->is_evaluated;
        $this->answer_id = $r->answer_id;
        $this->answer_feedback = $r->answer_feedback;
      }
    }
    else {
      if (is_array($answer)) {
        $this->answer = $answer['answer'];
      }
      else {
        $this->answer = $answer;
        $this->evaluated = $this->question->correct_answer_evaluation != ShortAnswerQuestion::ANSWER_MANUAL;
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Implementation of isValid
   *
   * @see QuizQuestionResponse#isValid()
   */
  public function isValid() {
    if (trim($this->answer) == '') {
      return t('You must provide an answer');
    }
    return TRUE;
  }

  /**
   * Implementation of save
   *
   * @see QuizQuestionResponse#save()
   */
  public function save() {

    // We need to set is_evaluated depending on whether the type requires evaluation.
    $this->is_evaluated = (int) ($this->question->correct_answer_evaluation != ShortAnswerQuestion::ANSWER_MANUAL);
    $sql = "INSERT INTO {quiz_short_answer_user_answers}\n      (answer, question_nid, question_vid, result_id, score, is_evaluated)\n      VALUES ('%s', %d, %d, %d, %d, %d)";
    db_query($sql, $this->answer, $this->question->nid, $this->question->vid, $this->rid, $this
      ->getScore(FALSE), $this->is_evaluated);
    $this->answer_id = db_last_insert_id('quiz_long_answer_user_answers', 'answer_id');
  }

  /**
   * Implementation of delete
   *
   * @see QuizQuestionResponse#delete()
   */
  public function delete() {
    $sql = 'DELETE FROM {quiz_short_answer_user_answers} WHERE question_nid = %d AND question_vid = %d AND result_id = %d';
    db_query($sql, $this->question->nid, $this->question->vid, $this->rid);
  }

  /**
   * Implementation of score
   *
   * @see QuizQuestionResponse#score()
   */
  public function score() {

    // Manual scoring means we go with what is in the DB.
    if ($this->question->correct_answer_evaluation == ShortAnswerQuestion::ANSWER_MANUAL) {
      $sql = "SELECT score FROM {quiz_short_answer_user_answers} WHERE result_id = %d AND question_vid = %d";
      $score = db_result(db_query($sql, $this->rid, $this->question->vid));
    }
    else {
      $shortAnswer = new ShortAnswerQuestion($this->question);
      $score = $shortAnswer
        ->evaluateAnswer($this
        ->getResponse());
    }
    return $score;
  }

  /**
   * Implementation of getResponse
   *
   * @see QuizQuestionResponse#getResponse()
   */
  public function getResponse() {
    return $this->answer;
  }

  /**
   * Implementation of getReportFormResponse
   *
   * @see QuizQuestionResponse#getReportFormResponse($showpoints, $showfeedback, $allow_scoring)
   */
  public function getReportFormResponse($showpoints = TRUE, $showfeedback = TRUE, $allow_scoring = FALSE) {
    $form = array();
    $form['#theme'] = 'short_answer_response_form';
    if ($this->question && !empty($this->question->answers)) {
      $answer = (object) current($this->question->answers);
    }
    else {
      return $form;
    }
    $form['answer'] = array(
      '#type' => 'markup',
      '#value' => theme('short_answer_user_answer', check_plain($answer->answer), check_plain($this->question->correct_answer)),
    );
    if ($answer->is_evaluated == 1) {

      // Show feedback, if any.
      if ($showfeedback && !empty($answer->feedback)) {

        // @todo: Feedback doesn't seem to be in use anymore...
        $feedback = check_markup($answer->feedback);
      }
    }
    else {
      $feedback = t('This answer has not yet been scored.') . '<br/>' . t('Until the answer is scored, the total score will not be correct.');
    }
    if (!$allow_scoring && !empty($this->answer_feedback)) {
      $form['answer_feedback'] = array(
        '#title' => t('Feedback'),
        '#type' => 'item',
        '#value' => '<span class="quiz_answer_feedback">' . $this->answer_feedback . '</span>',
      );
    }
    if (!empty($feedback)) {
      $form['feedback'] = array(
        '#type' => 'markup',
        '#value' => '<span class="quiz_answer_feedback">' . $feedback . '</span>',
      );
    }
    return $form;
  }

  /**
   * Implementation of getReportFormScore
   *
   * @see QuizQuestionResponse#getReportFormScore($showpoints, $showfeedback, $allow_scoring)
   */
  public function getReportFormScore($showfeedback = TRUE, $showpoints = TRUE, $allow_scoring = FALSE) {
    $score = $this
      ->isEvaluated() ? $this
      ->getScore() : '?';
    if (quiz_access_to_score() && $allow_scoring && $this->question->correct_answer_evaluation == ShortAnswerQuestion::ANSWER_MANUAL) {
      return array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#default_value' => $score,
        '#size' => 3,
        '#maxlength' => 3,
        '#attributes' => array(
          'class' => 'quiz-report-score',
        ),
      );
    }
    else {
      return array(
        '#type' => 'markup',
        '#value' => $score,
      );
    }
  }
  public function getReportFormAnswerFeedback($showpoints = TRUE, $showfeedback = TRUE, $allow_scoring = FALSE) {
    if (quiz_access_to_score() && $allow_scoring && $this->question->correct_answer_evaluation == ShortAnswerQuestion::ANSWER_MANUAL) {
      return array(
        '#title' => t('Enter feedback'),
        '#type' => 'textarea',
        '#default_value' => $this->answer_feedback,
        '#attributes' => array(
          'class' => 'quiz-report-score',
        ),
      );
    }
    return FALSE;
  }

  /**
   * Implementation of getReportFormSubmit
   *
   * @see QuizQuestionResponse#getReportFormSubmit($showfeedback, $showpoints, $allow_scoring)
   */
  public function getReportFormSubmit($showfeedback = TRUE, $showpoints = TRUE, $allow_scoring = FALSE) {
    if (quiz_access_to_score() && $allow_scoring && $this->question->correct_answer_evaluation == ShortAnswerQuestion::ANSWER_MANUAL) {
      return $allow_scoring ? 'short_answer_report_submit' : FALSE;
    }
    return FALSE;
  }

  /**
   * Implementation of getReportFormValidate
   *
   * @see QuizQuestionResponse#getReportFormValidate($showfeedback, $showpoints, $allow_scoring)
   */
  public function getReportFormValidate($showfeedback = TRUE, $showpoints = TRUE, $allow_scoring = FALSE) {
    if (quiz_access_to_score() && $allow_scoring && $this->question->correct_answer_evaluation == ShortAnswerQuestion::ANSWER_MANUAL) {
      return $allow_scoring ? 'short_answer_report_validate' : FALSE;
    }
    return FALSE;
  }

}

Classes

Namesort descending Description
ShortAnswerQuestion Extension of QuizQuestion.
ShortAnswerResponse Extension of QuizQuestionResponse