Resource types

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Moodle1.9

Resource types are located in the folder /mod/resource/type

Create a new resource type

To create a new resource type, of name 'new'; create a folder in /mod/resource/type And create the resource.class.php file: /mod/resource/type/new/resource.class.php

Structure of resource.class.php:

class resource_new extends resource_base
{

    function resource_new($cmid=0)
    {
        parent::resource_base($cmid);
    }

    function display()
    {
        ///Display the resource
        
        global $CFG;
        parent::display();
    }
    
    function add_instance($resource)
    {
        return parent::add_instance($resource);
    }

    function update_instance($resource)
    {
        return parent::update_instance($resource);
    }

    function delete_instance($resource)
    {
        return parent::delete_instance($resource);
    }

    function setup_elements(&$mform)
    {
    }

    function setup_preprocessing(&$default_values)
    {
    }

}