Can I call for question elements in a custom template?

Hi,

I’m trying to understand what it is you’re trying to do exactly.
Are you looking for some code snippet that given a question ID would return an array with the question and correct reponse, and the same sort of thing given a pot ID?

Have you looked at the H5P plugin which is pretty damn good for image hotspots.
https://h5p.org/image-hotspot-question

Alex

Thanks, for getting back to me. Let me try to better explain:

Im working on a site that will be, basically, vocabulary learning for people who use English as a second language.

So I wanted the ability for a user to be able to study, practice, and take a quiz.

The study portion would be like this:
Sample, hover over images

While looking for a quiz plugin, I found Quiz Tool Lite. I liked it because it give me the ability to simply add individual questions to a page that can be checked as you go like this:
Sample page

This is the Practice before the test.

Then, I can just make a regular quiz via shortcode for the actual test.

So my questions are:
1. Are Quiz Questions a custom post type? and pots taxonomies?
2. Can I create custom loops that use the questions? Like, a loop for Foods that uses the pot ‘food’ and pulls the image (the question) and the correct answer (hamburger)

I essentially want all 3 sections (study, practice, quiz) to be pulling from the same spot (quiz questions.) This would allow me to upload images and correct answers in one location.

Does that make sense?

Hi,

1.I’m afraid they are not custom post types. If was writing this from scratch I would probably go down this route though.
2. There isn’t an API to do this, but we could write one and make it more extensible.

Are you basically looking for a code snippet that you can put in your template file and would return an array containing all question info etc with responses and feedback as well?

This should be straight forward but would be to confirm the best way forward.

e.g.

a function like this:
$args = array(
“potID”=> 1,
“limit” => 3,
“random” => true
);
qtl_getQuestions($args);

and you’d get back an array of stuff?

Alex

Hey Alex,

I think that your example is what I want.

Would it allow me to :
1. Randomly select questions from a pot and display them. But without having to put the shortcodes in for each one?

The individual questions, as they are here Sample page are key, as it is the only solution I have found that allows you to correct a wrong answer and check again. I love that.

2. Randomly select questions from a pot and display just the image (which is the question in this case) and the correct answer underneath? ie. no input box, no submit button. Is that what you mean by “get back an array of stuff?”

Thank you so much for getting back to me. I really appreciate it.

I’ve written a basic function based around the QTL standard queries.
It will allow you to pass it a quiz ID and you can get the array of questions back and the options. It should do what you need so you can stick it in your template. Its all pretty self explanatory.

Hopefully it will do until we write some embeded API stuff.

function getQuizQuestionsArray($args)
{

		$quizID = $args['quizID'];
		$quizInfo = qtl_queries::getQuizInfo($quizID);

		$potQuestionArray = $quizInfo['questionArray'];
		$quizOptionsArray = $quizInfo['quizOptions'];
		$quizOptionsArray = unserialize($quizOptionsArray);	

		$questionArray = qtl_quiz_draw::generateQuizQuestions($potQuestionArray, $quizOptionsArray);

		foreach ($questionArray as $key => $value)
		{

			$questionID = $value[0];
			$optionOrder = $value[1];

			// Get the info
			$questionInfo = qtl_queries::getQuestionInfo($questionID);

			echo '<pre>';
			print_r($questionInfo);
			echo '</pre>';

			$optionsRS = qtl_queries::getResponseOptions($questionID, $optionOrder);		

			echo '<h3>Responses</h3>';
			foreach ($optionsRS as $myOptions)
			{

				$correctStr="";
				$optionValue = qtl_utils::convertTextFromDB($myOptions['optionValue']);
				$optionID= $myOptions['optionID'];
				$isCorrect = $myOptions['isCorrect'];
				$responseCorrectFeedback = qtl_utils::convertTextFromDB($myOptions['responseCorrectFeedback']);
				$responseIncorrectFeedback = qtl_utils::convertTextFromDB($myOptions['responseIncorrectFeedback']);

				echo $optionValue;

				if($isCorrect==1){echo ' (Correct)';}
				echo '</br>';

			}			

	}

}

// Call the function
$args = array
(
	"quizID" =>  1 // ID of the quiz you want
);
getQuizQuestionsArray($args);

Alex

I’ve been super busy this week and have not gotten a chance at implementing this.

But I wanted to say THANKS!! for helping me out with this. I really appreciate it.

I will let you know how it goes.

Thanks again!

Justin

Hey Alex,

I got the page working. The only thing I’m confused on is how to echo individual parts of the questionInfo. ie. if I want to simply echo the question only, not the questionID etc.

Here’s what my page looks like now:
Test Page

Thanks again!