1 This files describes API changes in /calendar/* ,
2 information provided here is intended especially for developers.
5 * The following previously deprecated methods have been removed and can no longer be used:
6 - `calendar_process_subscription_row`
7 - `calendar_import_icalendar_events`
10 * The `navigation` property has been removed from `\core_calendar\external\day_exporter` as it is not being used by any of the
12 * The following functions have been deprecated and should no longer be used:
13 - calendar_top_controls()
14 - calendar_get_link_previous()
15 - calendar_get_link_next()
18 * New method `calendar_format_event_location` which will format the location property of an event, converting any
19 links into suitable markup
22 * The following external functions now accepts an optional parameter 'searchvalue' to search the events:
23 - core_calendar_external::get_calendar_action_events_by_timesort
24 - core_calendar_external::get_calendar_action_events_by_courses
25 - core_calendar_external::get_calendar_action_events_by_course
26 * Added core_calendar_delete_subscription, which allows to delete the calendar subscription.
27 * Updated calendar_can_manage_user_event() function to check permissions to user events.
28 * The following functions have been deprecated because they were no longer used:
29 - calendar_process_subscription_row()
30 - calendar_import_icalendar_events()
31 * The following has been removed after being deprecated in 3.8
32 * CALENDAR_EVENT_GLOBAL
33 * The following have been deprecated because the three-month pseudo block has been removed:
34 - fake_block_threemonths() renderer method.
35 - calendar_threemonth.js.
36 - calendar_threemonth and threemonth_month templates.
37 - Behat step definitions i_hover_over_day_of_this_month_in_calendar and i_click_day_of_this_month_in_calendar.
40 * The core_calendar\local\event\value_objects\times_interface class now has new method get_usermidnight_time() which
41 returns the user midnight time for a given event.
44 * Plugins can now create their own calendar events, both standard and action ones. To do it they need to specify
45 $event->component when creating an event. Component events can not be edited or deleted manually.
46 See https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/core/calendar#component-events
47 * The following functions have been deprecated because they were no longer used:
48 - calendar_add_event_metadata()
49 - core_calendar_renderer::event()
52 * The following functions have been finally deprecated and can not be used anymore:
53 * calendar_wday_name()
54 * calendar_get_block_upcoming()
55 * calendar_print_month_selector()
58 * calendar_get_upcoming()
59 * Added core_calendar_external::get_timestamps(), which allows an array containing an arbitrary number of arrays of
60 date/time data to be converted and returned as timestamps, along with an optional key.
63 * calendar_get_default_courses() function now has optional $userid parameter.
64 * calendar_set_filters() function now has optional $user parameter.
65 * The core_calendar\local\event\container class now provides two new helper methods for getting and setting the requesting user:
66 set_requesting_user() and get_requesting_user().
67 * The following functions have been finally deprecated and can not be used anymore:
68 * calendar_preferences_button()
69 * added core_calendar_get_valid_event_timestart_range callback for course events when the update_event_start_day function is used
73 * core_calendar_external::get_calendar_events now returns the categoryid for category events.
76 * calendar_get_mini, and calendar_get_upcoming have been deprecated. Please update to use the new exporters and renderers.
77 * added core_calendar_get_valid_event_timestart_range and core_calendar_event_timestart_updated callbacks for module events
78 when the update_event_start_day function is used in the local api.
81 * calendar_event_hook() has been removed. Developers should be using the Moodle events system to achieve this behaviour,
82 rather than using a hacky calendar specific implementation.
83 * calendar_wday_name() is deprecated and no longer used in core.
84 * calendar_get_block_upcoming() is deprecated, please use block_calendar_upcoming::get_upcoming_content() instead.
85 * calendar_print_month_selector() is deprecated and no longer used in core.
86 * calendar_cron() is deprecated and should not be used. Please use the core\task\calendar_cron_task instead.
89 * calendar_preferences_button() is now deprecated. Calendar preferences have been moved to the user preferences page.
92 default values changes in code:
93 * core_calendar_external::get_calendar_events_parameters() 'timeend' default option changed; now, by default,
94 all events are returned, not only the past ones.
95 * calendar types need to be updated to be compatible with standard PHP date/time code
98 required changes in code:
99 * calendar_add_icalendar_event() now requires a valid subscriptionid
100 * calendar_process_subscription_row() throws exception for invalid subscriptionid
101 * calendar_update_subscription_events() now throws a dml_exception instead of moodle_exception for bad subscriptions
102 * calendar_get_mini() function now has optional $placement and $courseid paramaters.
104 optional - no changes needed:
105 * calendar_update_subscription() should now be used to update Ical subscriptions.
109 required changes in code:
111 * calendar_get_popup() function now just returns id, instead of the string "id=$id"