public function view()
 {
     Loader::library('update');
     $this->set('latest_version', Update::getLatestAvailableVersionNumber());
     $tp = new TaskPermission();
     $updates = 0;
     $local = array();
     $remote = array();
     if ($tp->canInstallPackages()) {
         $local = Package::getLocalUpgradeablePackages();
         $remote = Package::getRemotelyUpgradeablePackages();
     }
     // now we strip out any dupes for the total
     $updates = 0;
     $localHandles = array();
     foreach ($local as $_pkg) {
         $updates++;
         $localHandles[] = $_pkg->getPackageHandle();
     }
     foreach ($remote as $_pkg) {
         if (!in_array($_pkg->getPackageHandle(), $localHandles)) {
             $updates++;
         }
     }
     $this->set('updates', $updates);
 }
 public function check_for_updates()
 {
     Config::clear('APP_VERSION_LATEST', false);
     Update::getLatestAvailableVersionNumber();
     $this->redirect('/dashboard/system/backup_restore/update');
 }
<?php

defined('C5_EXECUTE') or die("Access Denied.");
Loader::dashboardModuleController('help');
Loader::dashboardModuleController('news');
Loader::model('system_notification');
// latest version, including addon updates
Loader::library('update');
$lv = Update::getLatestAvailableVersionNumber();
$fp = Loader::helper("feed");
$feed = $fp->load(HelpDashboardModuleController::FEED);
$feed->set_timeout(3);
$posts = $feed->get_items(0, 5);
foreach ($posts as $p) {
    SystemNotification::addFromFeed($p, SystemNotification::SN_TYPE_CORE_MESSAGE_HELP);
}
$feed = $fp->load(NewsDashboardModuleController::FEED);
$feed->set_timeout(3);
$posts = $feed->get_items(0, 5);
foreach ($posts as $p) {
    SystemNotification::addFromFeed($p, SystemNotification::SN_TYPE_CORE_MESSAGE_NEWS);
}