1 This files describes API changes in /calendar/* ,
2 information provided here is intended especially for developers.
5 * The following external functions now accepts an optional parameter 'searchvalue' to search the events:
6 - core_calendar_external::get_calendar_action_events_by_timesort
7 - core_calendar_external::get_calendar_action_events_by_courses
8 - core_calendar_external::get_calendar_action_events_by_course
9 * Added core_calendar_delete_subscription, which allows to delete the calendar subscription.
10 * Updated calendar_can_manage_user_event() function to check permissions to user events.
11 * The following functions have been deprecated because they were no longer used:
12 - calendar_process_subscription_row()
13 - calendar_import_icalendar_events()
14 * The following has been removed after being deprecated in 3.8
15 * CALENDAR_EVENT_GLOBAL
16 * The following have been deprecated because the three-month pseudo block has been removed:
17 - fake_block_threemonths() renderer method.
18 - calendar_threemonth.js.
19 - calendar_threemonth and threemonth_month templates.
20 - Behat step definitions i_hover_over_day_of_this_month_in_calendar and i_click_day_of_this_month_in_calendar.
23 * The core_calendar\local\event\value_objects\times_interface class now has new method get_usermidnight_time() which
24 returns the user midnight time for a given event.
27 * Plugins can now create their own calendar events, both standard and action ones. To do it they need to specify
28 $event->component when creating an event. Component events can not be edited or deleted manually.
29 See https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Calendar_API#Component_events
30 * The following functions have been deprecated because they were no longer used:
31 - calendar_add_event_metadata()
32 - core_calendar_renderer::event()
35 * The following functions have been finally deprecated and can not be used anymore:
36 * calendar_wday_name()
37 * calendar_get_block_upcoming()
38 * calendar_print_month_selector()
41 * calendar_get_upcoming()
42 * Added core_calendar_external::get_timestamps(), which allows an array containing an arbitrary number of arrays of
43 date/time data to be converted and returned as timestamps, along with an optional key.
46 * calendar_get_default_courses() function now has optional $userid parameter.
47 * calendar_set_filters() function now has optional $user parameter.
48 * The core_calendar\local\event\container class now provides two new helper methods for getting and setting the requesting user:
49 set_requesting_user() and get_requesting_user().
50 * The following functions have been finally deprecated and can not be used anymore:
51 * calendar_preferences_button()
52 * added core_calendar_get_valid_event_timestart_range callback for course events when the update_event_start_day function is used
56 * core_calendar_external::get_calendar_events now returns the categoryid for category events.
59 * calendar_get_mini, and calendar_get_upcoming have been deprecated. Please update to use the new exporters and renderers.
60 * added core_calendar_get_valid_event_timestart_range and core_calendar_event_timestart_updated callbacks for module events
61 when the update_event_start_day function is used in the local api.
64 * calendar_event_hook() has been removed. Developers should be using the Moodle events system to achieve this behaviour,
65 rather than using a hacky calendar specific implementation.
66 * calendar_wday_name() is deprecated and no longer used in core.
67 * calendar_get_block_upcoming() is deprecated, please use block_calendar_upcoming::get_upcoming_content() instead.
68 * calendar_print_month_selector() is deprecated and no longer used in core.
69 * calendar_cron() is deprecated and should not be used. Please use the core\task\calendar_cron_task instead.
72 * calendar_preferences_button() is now deprecated. Calendar preferences have been moved to the user preferences page.
75 default values changes in code:
76 * core_calendar_external::get_calendar_events_parameters() 'timeend' default option changed; now, by default,
77 all events are returned, not only the past ones.
78 * calendar types need to be updated to be compatible with standard PHP date/time code
81 required changes in code:
82 * calendar_add_icalendar_event() now requires a valid subscriptionid
83 * calendar_process_subscription_row() throws exception for invalid subscriptionid
84 * calendar_update_subscription_events() now throws a dml_exception instead of moodle_exception for bad subscriptions
85 * calendar_get_mini() function now has optional $placement and $courseid paramaters.
87 optional - no changes needed:
88 * calendar_update_subscription() should now be used to update Ical subscriptions.
92 required changes in code:
94 * calendar_get_popup() function now just returns id, instead of the string "id=$id"