1 This files describes API changes for code that uses the question API.
5 1) The following renderers have been deprecated in favour of the renderable
6 core_question\output\qbank_chooser and associated render_* method.
14 1) The argument $requirecourseid was removed from question_edit_setup() and
15 is no longer respected. The behaviour was found to be buggy and now throws
16 debugging notices if passed.
20 1) Some functions in questionlib.php which were deprecated in the past have now
24 * question_list_instances
26 * question_category_isused
27 * save_question_options
28 * question_get_real_state
31 * question_rewrite_questiontext_preview_urls
32 * question_send_questiontext_file
33 * question_pluginfile no longer falls back to using the old
34 {$previewcomponent}_questiontext_preview_pluginfile callback if the new
35 {$previewcomponent}_question_preview_pluginfile callback is missing.
40 1) This is just a warning that some methods of the question_engine_data_mapper
41 class have changed. All these methods are ones that you should not have been
42 calling directly from your code, so this should not cause any problems.
43 The changed methods are:
44 * insert_question_attempt
46 * update_question_attempt_step
51 1) Changes to class question_bank_view:
53 Filters, including $recurse and $showhidden, are now implemented as
54 pluggable \core_question\bank\search\condition classes.
56 Therefore $recurse and $showhidden are no longer passed to the following functions:
57 protected function display_options [deprecated, use display_options_form()]
58 protected function build_query_sql [deprecated, use build_query()]
60 protected function display_category_form() is deprecated. Use \core_question\bank\search\category_condition
62 protected function display_category_form_checkbox deprecated use html_writer::checkbox and separate JavaScript
64 To add filters, local plugins can now implement the function local_[pluginname]_get_question_bank_search_conditions,
66 2) To make columns available to question_bank_view, plugins can extend core_question\bank\column_base.
67 Users may choose to display additional columns by setting $CFG->questionbankcolumns to a comma-delimited list of columns.
69 3) The subsort separator has changed from _ to - in order to distinuguish subsorts vs frankenstyle component separators.
71 4) Because of the move to autoloading, $knowncolumntypes and known_field_types() are no longer used.
73 5) question_bank_column_base and it's derived classes have been namespaced to core_question\bank\column_base.
78 1) Modules using the question bank MUST now declare their use of it with the xxx_supports()
79 flag FEATURE_USES_QUESTIONS. question_module_uses_questions() should be used to determine
80 if a module uses questions.
82 2) It is sometimes necessary to display bits of question content without having
83 and attempt (question_usage) in progress. Two examples of this are the option
84 in the question bank to display the questiontext, and in the quiz statistics
85 report, where it displays the question text above the report.
87 Previously, this display was done using a special method that only worked for
88 the question text, but which would not work for other parts of the question.
89 That old mechanism has been deprecated, and there is a new method that you
92 To display the question, replace calls to question_rewrite_questiontext_preview_urls
93 with calls to question_rewrite_question_preview_urls. Because the new function
94 is more flexibile, you have to pass more arguments.
96 To perform the necessary permission checks when the file is downloaded, you need
97 to implement the callback [component name]_question_preview_pluginfile.
98 (Previously you implemented [component name]_questiontext_preview_pluginfile.)
99 quiz_statistics_question_preview_pluginfile is an example of what to do.
101 question_send_questiontext_file has been deprecated. It is no longer necessary.
103 To ensure you are no longer using or defining any deprecated functions,
104 search for the regular expression:
105 question_rewrite_questiontext_preview_urls|_questiontext_preview_pluginfile|question_send_questiontext_file
107 3) The argument list for core_question_renderer::mark_summary has changed.
108 Please update your calls. (The most likely scenario for this is if you have
109 overridden core_question_renderer::info in your own renderer.) You need to
111 - $this->mark_summary($qa, $options);
112 + $this->mark_summary($qa, $behaviouroutput, $options);