Added new {coursesummary} tag.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - New {ifworkplace}{/ifworkplace} (ALPHA) tags. (Workplace only - in Moodle classic, will not display tags or content).
 - New {timezone} tag.
 - New {preferredlanguage} tag.
+- New {coursesummary} tag.
 ### Updated
 - {courseprogress} and {courseprogressbar} now show zero progress if progress is 0.
 - {alert} to allow for optional contextual class stying.

README.md

@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ FilterCodes are meant to be entered as regular text in the Moodle WYSIWYG editor
 * {courseprogressbar}: (ALPHA) Displays course progress status as a status bar. Only works within a course.
 * {course_fields}: Displays the custom course fields. NOTE: Respects a custom course field's Visible To setting.
 * {course_field_shortname} : Display's custom course field. Replace "shortname" with the shortname of a custom course field all in lowercase. NOTE: Respects a custom course field's Visible To setting.
+* {coursesummary} : Display's the course summary. If placed in a site page, displays the site summary.
 * {courseimage} : Display's the course image.
 * {courseparticipantcount} : Displays the number of students enrolled in the current course.
 * {courseid} or %7Bcourseid%7D : Display a course's ID.
@@ -602,6 +603,7 @@ Create a Page on your Moodle site, preferably in a course, so that those tags wo
 * Other course categories in this categories menu [{categoriesxmenu}]: {categoriesxmenu}
 * List of custom course fields [{course_fields}]: {course_fields}
 * Course custom fields [{course_field_location}] (assumes you have created a custom course field called "location"): {course_field_location}
+* Course description [{coursesummary}] : {coursesummary}
 * [{courseimage}] : {courseimage}
 * Number of participants in the course [{courseparticipantcount}] : {courseparticipantcount}
 * The base (root) URL of your Moodle site [{wwwroot}]: {wwwroot}

filter.php

@@ -817,6 +817,11 @@ function ($matches) {
                 }
             }
 
+            // Tag: {coursesummary}.
+            if (stripos($text, '{coursesummary}') !== false) {
+                $replace['/\{coursesummary\}/i'] = $PAGE->course->summary;
+            }
+
             // Tag: {courseimage}. The course image.
             if (stripos($text, '{courseimage') !== false) {
                 $course = $PAGE->course;