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  2. MDL-66108

Error "You cannot make a category of one of its own subcategories."

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    • MOODLE_35_STABLE, MOODLE_37_STABLE, MOODLE_38_STABLE
    • MOODLE_37_STABLE, MOODLE_38_STABLE
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      1. Log in as admin
      2. Navigate to Courses > Manage courses and categories in Site administration
      3. Create 9 new categories (giving you a total of 10 with the original one):
        1. Parent category should be Top
        2. Category name should be Miscellaneous X (where X is the number 2-10)
      4. Hover over each to confirm the ID numbers run sequentially from 1 - 10 (1 being the original category, followed by the extra ones created above)
      5. Press the checkbox next to the Miscellaneous category (with ID=1)
      6. In the Move selected categories to dropdown menu select Miscellaneous 10 (with ID=10)
      7. Press Move
      8. Confirm that you were able to move the category
      9. Press the checkbox next to Miscellaneous 10 category
      10. In the Move selected categories to dropdown menu select Miscellaneous
      11. Press Move
      12. Confirm you get an error message stating: "You cannot make category 'Miscellaneous 10' a subcategory of one of its own subcategories."
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      Log in as admin Navigate to Courses > Manage courses and categories in Site administration Create 9 new categories (giving you a total of 10 with the original one): Parent category should be Top Category name should be Miscellaneous X (where X is the number 2-10) Hover over each to confirm the ID numbers run sequentially from 1 - 10 (1 being the original category, followed by the extra ones created above) Press the checkbox next to the Miscellaneous category (with ID=1) In the Move selected categories to dropdown menu select Miscellaneous 10 (with ID=10) Press Move Confirm that you were able to move the category Press the checkbox next to Miscellaneous 10 category In the Move selected categories to dropdown menu select Miscellaneous Press Move Confirm you get an error message stating: "You cannot make category 'Miscellaneous 10' a subcategory of one of its own subcategories."

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      Hi! When copying one category to another, the error "You cannot make a category of one of its own subcategories." On closer examination, it turned out that if the category ID in which I copy, for example "320", then categories with ID 3 and 32 cannot be copied into it. This is checked by the condition in the file course / management.php in line 316:

      if (strpos ($movetocat > path, $cattomove> path) === 0) {

      It is not very clear why there is a condition of the form that checks the entry of the path?

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            pholden Paul Holden
            denisvorobiev Denis Vorobiev
            Neill Magill Neill Magill
            Jun Pataleta Jun Pataleta
            Anna Carissa Sadia Anna Carissa Sadia
            Amaia Anabitarte, Bas Brands, Carlos Escobedo, Laurent David, Raquel Ortega, Sabina Abellan, Sara Arjona (@sarjona)
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              9/Mar/20

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