Email task performance improvements and time limit

Author: Peterburnett

classes/task/email_certificate_task.php

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public function get_name() {
     public function execute() {
         global $DB;
 
+        $lastruntime = $DB->get_field('task_scheduled', 'lastruntime', ['classname' => "\\" . self::class]);
         // Get all the certificates that have requested someone get emailed.
         $emailotherslengthsql = $DB->sql_length('c.emailothers');
         $sql = "SELECT c.*, ct.id as templateid, ct.name as templatename, ct.contextid, co.id as courseid,
@@ -60,8 +61,14 @@ public function execute() {
                     ON c.course = co.id
                  WHERE (c.emailstudents = :emailstudents
                         OR c.emailteachers = :emailteachers
-                        OR $emailotherslengthsql >= 3)";
-        if (!$customcerts = $DB->get_records_sql($sql, array('emailstudents' => 1, 'emailteachers' => 1))) {
+                        OR $emailotherslengthsql >= 3)
+                   AND :lastruntime <= (
+                    SELECT MAX(ula.timeaccess)
+                      FROM {user_lastaccess} ula
+                     WHERE ula.courseid = co.id
+                   )";
+
+        if (!$customcerts = $DB->get_records_sql($sql, ['emailstudents' => 1, 'emailteachers' => 1, "lastruntime" => $lastruntime])) {
             return;
         }
 

tests/email_certificate_task_test.php

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public function setUp(): void {
      * @covers \mod_customcert\task\email_certificate_task
      */
     public function test_email_certificates_no_elements() {
+        global $DB;
         // Create a course.
         $course = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_course();
 
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ public function test_email_certificates_no_elements() {
         // Enrol the user as a student.
         $this->getDataGenerator()->enrol_user($user1->id, $course->id);
 
+        // Register activity in the course to make it valid to be sent.
+        $DB->insert_record('user_lastaccess', ['userid' => $user1->id, 'courseid' => $course->id, 'lastaccess' => time()]);
+
         // Run the task.
         $sink = $this->redirectEmails();
         $task = new email_certificate_task();
@@ -101,6 +105,9 @@ public function test_email_certificates_no_cap() {
         // Create a custom certificate.
         $customcert = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_module('customcert', ['course' => $course->id, 'emailstudents' => 1]);
 
+        // Register activity in the course to make it valid to be sent.
+        $DB->insert_record('user_lastaccess', ['userid' => $user1->id, 'courseid' => $course->id, 'lastaccess' => time()]);
+
         // Create template object.
         $template = new stdClass();
         $template->id = $customcert->templateid;
@@ -155,6 +162,9 @@ public function test_email_certificates_students() {
         $customcert = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_module('customcert', array('course' => $course->id,
             'emailstudents' => 1));
 
+        // Register activity in the course to make it valid to be sent.
+        $DB->insert_record('user_lastaccess', ['userid' => $user1->id, 'courseid' => $course->id, 'lastaccess' => time()]);
+
         // Create template object.
         $template = new stdClass();
         $template->id = $customcert->templateid;
@@ -241,6 +251,8 @@ public function test_email_certificates_teachers() {
         // Create a custom certificate.
         $customcert = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_module('customcert', array('course' => $course->id,
             'emailteachers' => 1));
+        // Register activity in the course to make it valid to be sent.
+        $DB->insert_record('user_lastaccess', ['userid' => $user1->id, 'courseid' => $course->id, 'lastaccess' => time()]);
 
         // Create template object.
         $template = new stdClass();
@@ -297,6 +309,9 @@ public function test_email_certificates_others() {
         $customcert = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_module('customcert', array('course' => $course->id,
             'emailothers' => '[email protected], doo@dah'));
 
+        // Register activity in the course to make it valid to be sent.
+        $DB->insert_record('user_lastaccess', ['userid' => $user1->id, 'courseid' => $course->id, 'lastaccess' => time()]);
+
         // Create template object.
         $template = new stdClass();
         $template->id = $customcert->templateid;
@@ -350,6 +365,9 @@ public function test_email_certificates_students_not_visible() {
         // Create a custom certificate.
         $customcert = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_module('customcert', ['course' => $course->id, 'emailstudents' => 1]);
 
+        // Register activity in the course to make it valid to be sent.
+        $DB->insert_record('user_lastaccess', ['userid' => $user1->id, 'courseid' => $course->id, 'lastaccess' => time()]);
+
         // Create template object.
         $template = new stdClass();
         $template->id = $customcert->templateid;
@@ -407,6 +425,9 @@ public function test_email_certificates_students_havent_met_required_time() {
         $customcert = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_module('customcert', array('course' => $course->id, 'emailstudents' => 1,
             'requiredtime' => '60'));
 
+        // Register activity in the course to make it valid to be sent.
+        $DB->insert_record('user_lastaccess', ['userid' => $user1->id, 'courseid' => $course->id, 'lastaccess' => time()]);
+
         // Create template object.
         $template = new stdClass();
         $template->id = $customcert->templateid;