1 This files describes API changes in core libraries and APIs,
2 information provided here is intended especially for developers.
6 * Minify updated to 2.2.1
7 * htmlpurifier upgraded to 4.7.0
8 * Less.php upgraded to 1.7.0.9
9 * The horde library has been updated to version 5.2.7.
10 * External functions x_is_allowed_from_ajax() methods have been deprecated. Define 'ajax' => true in db/services.php instead.
11 * External functions can be called without a session if they define 'loginrequired' => true in db/services.php.
12 * All plugins are required to declare their frankenstyle component name via
13 the $plugin->component property in their version.php file. See
14 https://docs.moodle.org/dev/version.php for details (MDL-48494).
15 * PHPUnit is upgraded to 4.7. Some tests using deprecated assertions etc may need changes to work correctly.
16 * Users of the text editor API to manually create a text editor should call set_text before calling use_editor.
17 * Javascript - SimpleYUI and the Y instance used for modules have been merged. Y is now always the same instance of Y.
18 * get_referer() has been deprecated, please use the get_local_referer function instead.
19 * \core\progress\null is renamed to \core\progress\none for improved PHP7 compatibility as null is a reserved word (see MDL-50453).
20 * \webservice_xmlrpc_client now respects proxy server settings. If your XMLRPC server is available on your local network and not via your proxy server, you may need to add it to the list of proxy
21 server exceptions in $CFG->proxybypass. See MDL-39353 for details.
22 * Group and groupings idnumbers can now be passed to and/or are returned from the following web services functions:
23 ** core_group_external::create_groups
24 ** core_group_external::get_groups
25 ** core_group_external::get_course_groups
26 ** core_group_external::create_groupings
27 ** core_group_external::update_groupings
28 ** core_group_external::get_groupings
29 ** core_group_external::get_course_groupings
30 ** core_group_external::get_course_user_groups
31 * Following functions are removed from core. See MDL-50049 for details.
32 password_compat_not_supported()
33 session_get_instance()
40 session_is_loggedinas()
41 session_get_realuser()
48 update_log_display_entry()
49 get_recent_enrolments()
50 groups_filter_users_by_course_module_visible()
51 groups_course_module_visible()
55 editorshortcutshelpbutton()
58 get_generic_section_name()
63 format_weeks_get_section_dates()
64 get_print_section_cm_text()
65 print_section_add_menus()
66 make_editing_buttons()
69 print_recent_activity()
70 delete_course_module()
71 update_category_button()
72 make_categories_list()
73 category_delete_move()
74 category_delete_full()
76 course_category_hide()
77 course_category_show()
79 create_course_category()
80 get_all_subcategories()
81 get_child_categories()
87 print_whole_category_list()
89 get_course_category_tree()
92 get_category_courses_array()
93 get_category_courses_array_recursively()
94 blog_get_context_url()
95 get_courses_wmanagers()
96 convert_tree_to_html()
97 convert_tabrows_to_tree()
98 can_use_rotated_text()
100 get_parent_contextid()
106 preload_course_contexts()
108 fetch_context_capabilities()
109 context_instance_preload()
110 get_contextlevel_name()
116 get_user_courses_bycap()
117 get_role_context_caps()
118 get_courseid_from_context()
119 context_instance_preload_sql()
120 get_related_contexts_string()
121 get_plugin_list_with_file()
122 check_browser_operating_system()
123 check_browser_version()
125 get_device_type_list()
126 get_selected_theme_for_device_type()
127 get_device_cfg_var_name()
128 set_user_device_type()
129 get_user_device_type()
130 get_browser_version_classes()
131 generate_email_supportuser()
132 badges_get_issued_badge_info()
133 can_use_html_editor()
134 enrol_cohort_get_cohorts()
135 enrol_cohort_can_view_cohort()
136 cohort_get_visible_list()
137 enrol_cohort_enrol_all_users()
138 enrol_cohort_search_cohorts()
139 * The never unused webdav_locks table was dropped.
140 * The actionmenu hideMenu() function now expects an EventFacade object to be passed to it,
141 i.e. a call to M.core.actionmenu.instance.hideMenu() should be change to M.core.actionmenu.instance.hideMenu(e)
142 * In the html_editors (tinyMCE, Atto), the manage files button can be hidden by changing the 'enable_filemanagement' option to false.
143 * external_api::validate_context now is public, it can be called from other classes.
144 * rss_error() now supports returning of correct HTTP status of error and will return '404 Not Found'
145 unless other status is specified.
146 * Plugins can extend the navigation for categories settings by declaring the following callback:
147 <frankenstyle>_extend_navigation_category_settings(navigation_node, context_coursecat)
148 * The clilib.php provides two new functions cli_write() and cli_writeln() that should be used for outputting texts from the command
149 line interface scripts.
150 * External function core_course_external::get_course_contents returned parameter "name" has been changed to PARAM_RAW,
151 this is because the new external_format_string function may return raw data if the global moodlewssettingraw parameter is used.
155 * New methods grade_grade::get_grade_max() and get_grade_min() must be used rather than directly the public properties rawgrademax and rawgrademin.
156 * New method grade_item::is_aggregate_item() indicates when a grade_item is an aggreggated type grade.
160 * The default home page for users has been changed to the dashboard (formely my home). See MDL-45774.
161 * Support for rendering templates from php or javascript has been added. See MDL-49152.
162 * Support for loading AMD javascript modules has been added. See MDL-49046.
163 * Webservice core_course_delete_courses now return warning messages on any failures and does not try to rollback the entire deletion.
164 * \core\event\course_viewed 'other' argument renamed from coursesectionid to coursesectionnumber as it contains the section number.
165 * New API core_filetypes::add_type (etc.) allows custom filetypes to be added and modified.
166 * PHPUnit: PHPMailer Sink is now started for all tests and is setup within the phpunit wrapper for advanced tests.
167 Catching debugging messages when sending mail will no longer work. Use $sink = $this->redirectEmails(); and then check
168 the message in the sink instead.
169 * The file pluginlib.php was deprecated since 2.6 and has now been removed, do not include or require it.
170 * \core_component::fetch_subsystems() now returns a valid path for completion component instead of null.
171 * Deprecated JS global methods have been removed (show_item, destroy_item, hide_item, addonload, getElementsByTagName, findChildNodes).
172 * For 3rd party plugin specific environment.xml files, it's now possible to specify version independent checks by using the
173 <PLUGIN name="component_name"> tag instead of the version dependent <MOODLE version="x.y"> one. If the PLUGIN tag is used any
174 Moodle specific tags will be ignored.
175 * html_table: new API for adding captions to tables (new field, $table->caption) and subsequently hiding said captions from sighted users using accesshide (enabled using $table->captionhide).
176 * The authorization procedure in the mdeploy.php script has been improved. The script
177 now relies on the main config.php when deploying an available update.
178 * sql_internal_reader and sql_select_reader interfaces have been deprecated in favour of sql_internal_table_reader
179 and sql_reader which use iterators to be more memory efficient.
180 * $CFG->enabletgzbackups setting has been removed as now backups are stored internally using .tar.gz format by default, you can
181 set $CFG->usezipbackups to store them in zip format. This does not affect the restore process, which continues accepting both.
182 * Added support for custom string manager implementations via $CFG->customstringmanager
183 directive in the config.php. See MDL-49361 for details.
184 * Add new make_request_directory() for creation of per-request files.
185 * Added generate_image_thumbnail_from_string. This should be used instead of generate_image_thumbnail when the source is a string.
186 This prevents the need to write files to disk unnecessarily.
187 * Added generate_image_thumbnail to stored_file class. This should be used when generating thumbnails for stored files.
188 This prevents the need to write files to disk unnecessarily.
189 * Removed pear/HTTP/WebDav. See MDL-49534 for details.
190 * Use standard PHP date time classes and methods - see new core_date class for timezone normalisation methods.
191 * Moved lib/google/Google/ to lib/google/src/Google. This is to address autoloader issues with Google's provided autoloader
192 for the library. See MDL-49519 for details.
193 * The outdated lib/google/Google_Client.php and related files have been completely removed. To use
194 the new client, read lib/google/readme_moodle.txt, please.
195 * profile_display_badges() has been deprecated. See MDL-48935 for details.
196 * Added a new method add_report_nodes() to pagelib.php. If you are looking to add links to the user profile page under the heading "Reports"
197 then please use this function to ensure that the breadcrumb and navigation block are created properly for all user profile pages.
198 * process_new_icon() now does not always return a PNG file. When possible, it will try to keep the format of the original file.
199 Set the new argument $preferpng to true to force PNG. See MDL-46763 and MDL-50041 for details.
203 * Gradebook grade category option "aggregatesubcats" has been removed completely.
204 This means that the database column is removed, the admin settings are removed and
205 the properties from the grade_category object have been removed. If any courses were
206 found to be using this setting, a warning to check the grades will be shown in the
207 course grader report after upgrading the site. The same warning will be shown on
208 courses restored from backup that had this setting enabled (see MDL-47503).
209 * lib/excelllib.class.php has been updated. The class MoodleExcelWorkbook will now only produce excel 2007 files.
210 * renderers: We now remove the suffix _renderable when looking for a render method for a renderable.
211 If you have a renderable class named like "blah_renderable" and have a method on a renderer named "render_blah_renderable"
212 you will need to change the name of your render method to "render_blah" instead, as renderable at the end is no longer accepted.
213 * New functions get_course_and_cm_from_cmid($cmorid, $modulename) and
214 get_course_and_cm_from_instance($instanceorid, $modulename) can be used to
215 more efficiently load these basic data objects at the start of a script.
216 * New function cm_info::create($cm) can be used when you need a cm_info
217 object, but have a $cm which might only be a standard database record.
218 * $CFG->enablegroupmembersonly no longer exists.
219 * Scheduled tasks have gained support for syntax to introduce variability when a
220 task will run across installs. When a when hour or minute are defined as 'R'
221 they will be installed with a random hour/minute value.
222 * Several classes grade_edit_tree_column_xxx were removed since grades setup page
223 has been significantly changed. These classes should not be used outside of
224 gradebook or developers can copy them into their plugins from 2.7 branch.
225 * Google APIs Client Library (lib/google/) has been upgraded to 1.0.5-beta and
226 API has changed dramatically without backward compatibility. Any code accessing
227 it must be amended. It does not apply to lib/googleapi.php. See MDL-47297
228 * Added an extra parameter to the function get_formatted_help_string() (default null) which is used to specify
229 additional string parameters.
230 * User settings node and course node in navigation now support callbacks from admin tools.
231 * grade_get_grades() optional parameteres $itemtype, $itemmodule, $iteminstance are now required.
234 * completion_info->get_incomplete_criteria() is deprecated and will be removed in Moodle 3.0.
235 * grade_category::aggregate_values() is deprecated and will be removed in Moodle 3.0.
236 * groups_filter_users_by_course_module_visible() is deprecated; replace with
237 core_availability\info::filter_user_list. Will be removed in Moodle 3.0.
238 * groups_course_module_visible() is deprecated; replace with $cm->uservisible.
239 * cm_info property $cm->groupmembersonly is deprecated and always returns 0.
240 Use core_availability\info::filter_user_list if trying to determine which
241 other users can see an activity.
242 * cm_info method $cm->is_user_access_restricted_by_group() is deprecated and
243 always returns false. Use $cm->uservisible to determine whether the user can
245 * Constant FEATURE_GROUPMEMBERSONLY (used in module _supports functions) is
247 * cohort_get_visible_list() is deprecated. There is a better function cohort_get_available_cohorts()
248 that respects user capabilities to view cohorts.
249 * enrol_cohort_get_cohorts() and enrol_cohort_search_cohorts() are deprecated since
250 functionality is removed. Please use cohort_get_available_cohorts()
251 * enrol_cohort_enrol_all_users() is deprecated; enrol_manual is now responsible for this action
252 * enrol_cohort_can_view_cohort() is deprecated; replace with cohort_can_view_cohort()
254 === 2.6.4 / 2.7.1 ===
256 * setnew_password_and_mail() and update_internal_user_password() will trigger
257 \core\event\user_password_updated. Previously they used to generate
258 \core\event\user_updated event.
259 * update_internal_user_password() accepts optional boolean $fasthash for fast
261 * user_update_user() and user_create_user() api's accept optional param
262 $triggerevent to avoid respective events to be triggred from the api's.
266 * PHPUnit cannot be installed via PEAR any more, please use composer package manager instead.
267 * $core_renderer->block_move_target() changed to support more verbose move-block-here descriptions.
270 * Significant changes in Logging API. For upgrading existing events_trigger() and
271 add_to_log() see http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Migrating_logging_calls_in_plugins
272 For accessing logs from plugins see http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Migrating_log_access_in_reports
273 * The validation of the following events is now stricter (see MDL-45445):
274 - \core\event\blog_entry_created
275 - \core\event\blog_entry_deleted
276 - \core\event\blog_entry_updated
277 - \core\event\cohort_member_added
278 - \core\event\cohort_member_removed
279 - \core\event\course_category_deleted
280 - \core\event\course_completed
281 - \core\event\course_content_deleted
282 - \core\event\course_created
283 - \core\event\course_deleted
284 - \core\event\course_restored
285 - \core\event\course_section_updated (see MDL-45229)
286 - \core\event\email_failed
287 - \core\event\group_member_added
288 - \core\event\group_member_removed
289 - \core\event\note_created
290 - \core\event\note_deleted
291 - \core\event\note_updated
292 - \core\event\role_assigned
293 - \core\event\role_deleted
294 - \core\event\role_unassigned
295 - \core\event\user_graded
296 - \core\event\user_loggedinas
297 - \core\event\user_profile_viewed
298 - \core\event\webservice_token_created
301 * $module uses in mod/xxx/version.php files is now deprecated. Please use $plugin instead. It will be removed in Moodle 2.10.
302 * Update init methods in all event classes - "level" property was renamed to "edulevel", the level property is now deprecated.
303 * Abstract class \core\event\course_module_instances_list_viewed is deprecated now, use \core\event\instances_list_viewed instead.
304 * Abstract class core\event\content_viewed has been deprecated. Please extend base event or other relevant abstract class.
305 * mod_book\event\instances_list_viewed has been deprecated. Please use mod_book\event\course_module_instance_list_viewed instead.
306 * mod_chat\event\instances_list_viewed has been deprecated. Please use mod_chat\event\course_module_instance_list_viewed instead.
307 * mod_choice\event\instances_list_viewed has been deprecated. Please use mod_choice\event\course_module_instance_list_viewed instead.
308 * mod_feedback\event\instances_list_viewed has been deprecated. Please use mod_feedback\event\course_module_instance_list_viewed instead.
309 * mod_page\event\instances_list_viewed has been deprecated. Please use mod_page\event\course_module_instance_list_viewed instead.
310 * The constants FRONTPAGECOURSELIST, FRONTPAGETOPICONLY & FRONTPAGECOURSELIMIT have been removed.
311 * Conditional availability API has moved and changed. The condition_info class is
312 replaced by \core_availability\info_module, and condition_info_section by
313 \core_availability\info_section. (Code that uses the old classes will generally
315 * coursemodule_visible_for_user() has been deprecated but still works - replaced
316 by a new static function \core_availability\info_module::is_user_visible()
317 * cm_info::is_user_access_restricted_by_conditional_access has been deprecated
318 but still works (it has never done what its name suggests, and is
320 * cm_info and section_info property showavailability has been deprecated, but
321 still works (with the caveat that this information is now per-user).
322 * cm_info and section_info properties availablefrom and availableuntil have been
323 deprecated and always return zero (underlying data doesn't have these values).
324 * section_info property groupingid has been deprecated and always returns zero,
326 * Various cm_info methods have been deprecated in favour of their read-only properties (get_url(), get_content(), get_extra_classes(),
327 get_on_click(), get_custom_data(), get_after_link, get_after_edit_icons)
328 * The ajaxenabled function has been deprecated and always returns true. All code should be fully functional in Javascript.
329 * count_login_failures() has been deprecated, use user_count_login_failures() instead. Refer MDL-42891 for details.
331 Conditional availability (activities and sections):
332 * New conditional availability API in /availability, including new availability
333 condition plugins in /availability/condition. The new API is very similar with
334 regard to checking availability, but any code that modifies availability settings
335 for an activity or section is likely to need substantial changes.
338 * The lightbox attribute for moodle-core-notification-dialogue has been
339 deprecated and replaced by the modal attribute. This was actually
340 changed in Moodle 2.2, but has only been marked as deprecated now. It
341 will be removed in Moodle 2.9.
342 * When destroying any type of dialogue based on moodle-core-notification, the relevant content is also removed from
343 the DOM. Previously it was left orphaned.
346 * The findChildNodes global function has been deprecated. Y.all should
348 * The callback argument to confirm_action and M.util.show_confirm_dialog has been deprecated. If you need to write a
349 confirmation which includes a callback, please use moodle-core-notification-confirmation and attach callbacks to the
352 * New locking api and admin settings to configure the system locking type.
353 * New "Time spent waiting for the database" performance metric displayed along with the
354 other MDL_PERF vars; the change affects both the error logs and the vars displayed in
356 * Changes in the tag API. The component and contextid are now saved when assigning tags to an item. Please see
357 tag/upgrade.txt for more information.
361 * Use new methods from core_component class instead of get_core_subsystems(), get_plugin_types(),
362 get_plugin_list(), get_plugin_list_with_class(), get_plugin_directory(), normalize_component(),
363 get_component_directory() and get_plugin_list_with_file(). The names of the new methods are
364 exactly the same, the only differences are that core_component::get_plugin_types() now always returns
365 full paths and core_component::get_plugin_list() does not accept empty parameter any more.
366 * Use core_text::* instead of textlib:: and also core_collator::* instead of collatorlib::*.
367 * Use new function moodleform::mock_submit() to simulate form submission in unit tests (backported).
368 * New $CFG->localcachedir setting useful for cluster nodes. Admins have to update X-Sendfile aliases if used.
369 * MS SQL Server drivers are now using NVARCHAR(MAX) instead of NTEXT and VARBINARY(MAX) instead of IMAGE,
370 this change should be fully transparent and it should help significantly with add-on compatibility.
371 * The string manager classes were renamed. Note that they should not be modified or used directly,
372 always use get_string_manager() to get instance of the string manager.
373 * The ability to use an 'insecure' rc4encrypt/rc4decrypt key has been removed.
374 * Use $CFG->debugdeveloper instead of debugging('', DEBUG_DEVELOPER).
375 * Use set_debugging(DEBUG_xxx) when changing debugging level for current request.
376 * Function moveto_module() does not modify $mod argument and instead now returns the new module visibility value.
377 * Use behat_selectors::get_allowed_text_selectors() and behat_selectors::get_allowed_selectors() instead of
378 behat_command::$allowedtextselectors and behat_command::$allowedselectors
379 * Subplugins are supported in admin tools and local plugins.
380 * file_packer/zip_packer API has been modified so that key functions support a new file_progress interface
381 to report progress during long operations. Related to this, zip_archive now supports an estimated_count()
382 function that returns an approximate number of entries in the zip faster than the count() function.
383 * Class cm_info no longer extends stdClass. All properties are read-only and calculated on first request only.
384 * Class course_modinfo no longer extends stdClass. All properties are read-only.
385 * Database fields modinfo and sectioncache in table course are removed. Application cache core/coursemodinfo
386 is used instead. Course cache is still reset, rebuilt and retrieved using function rebuild_course_cache() and
387 get_fast_modinfo(). Purging all caches and every core upgrade purges course modinfo cache as well.
388 If function get_fast_modinfo() is called for multiple courses make sure to include field cacherev in course
390 * Internal (noreply and support) user support has been added for sending/receiving message.
391 Use core_user::get_noreply_user() and core_user::get_support_user() to get noreply and support user's respectively.
392 Real users can be used as noreply/support users by setting $CFG->noreplyuserid and $CFG->supportuserid
393 * New function readfile_allow_large() in filelib.php for use when very large files may need sending to user.
394 * Use core_plugin_manager::reset_caches() when changing visibility of plugins.
395 * Implement new method get_enabled_plugins() method in subplugin info classes.
396 * Each plugin should include version information in version.php.
397 * Module and block tables do not contain version column any more, use get_config('xx_yy', 'version') instead.
398 * $USER->password field is intentionally unset so that session data does not contain password hashes.
399 * Use core_shutdown_manager::register_function() instead of register_shutdown_function().
400 * New file packer for .tar.gz files; obtain by calling get_file_packer('application/x-gzip'). Intended initially
401 for use in backup/restore only, as there are limitations on supported filenames. Also new packer for
402 backups which supports both compression formats; get_file_packer('application/vnd.moodle.backup').
403 * New optional parameter to stored_file::get_content_file_handle to open file handle with 'gzopen' instead
404 of 'fopen' to read gzip-compressed files if required.
405 * update_internal_user_password() and setnew_password_and_mail() now trigger user_updated event.
406 * Add thirdpartylibs.xml file to plugins that bundle any 3rd party libraries.
407 * New class introduced to help auto generate zIndex values for modal dialogues. Class "moodle-has-zindex"
408 should set on any element which uses a non-default zindex and needs to ensure it doesn't show above a
410 * $CFG->filelifetime is now used consistently for most file serving operations, the default was lowered
411 to 6 hours from 24 hours because etags and x-sendfile support should make file serving less expensive.
412 * Date format locale charset for windows server will come from calendar type and for gregorian it will use
414 * The library to interact with Box.net (class boxclient) is only compatible with their APIv1 which
415 reaches its end of life on the 14th of Dec. You should migrate your scripts to make usage of the
416 new class boxnet_client(). Note that the method names and return values have changed.
417 * Settings pages are now possible for Calendar type plugins. Calendar type plugins that require a settings page to
418 work properly will need to set their requires version to a number that is equal to or grater than the 2.6.1 release version.
419 * The admin/tool/generator tool was overhauled to use testing data generators and the previous interface to create
420 test data was removed (it was not working correctly anyway). If you were using this tool you will probably need to
424 Various previously deprecated functions have now been altered to throw DEBUG_DEVELOPER debugging notices
425 and will be removed in a future release (target: 2.8), a summary follows:
428 * get_context_instance() -> context_xxxx::instance()
429 * get_context_instance_by_id() -> context::instance_by_id($id)
430 * get_system_context() -> context_system::instance()
431 * context_moved() -> context::update_moved()
432 * preload_course_contexts() -> context_helper::preload_course()
433 * context_instance_preload() -> context_helper::preload_from_record()
434 * context_instance_preload_sql() -> context_helper::get_preload_record_columns_sql()
435 * get_contextlevel_name() -> context_helper::get_level_name()
436 * create_contexts() -> context_helper::create_instances()
437 * cleanup_contexts() -> context_helper::cleanup_instances()
438 * build_context_path() -> context_helper::build_all_paths()
439 * print_context_name() -> $context->get_context_name()
440 * mark_context_dirty() -> $context->mark_dirty()
441 * delete_context() -> $context->delete_content() or context_helper::delete_instance()
442 * get_context_url() -> $context->get_url()
443 * get_course_context() -> $context->get_course_context()
444 * get_parent_contexts() -> $context->get_parent_context_ids()
445 * get_parent_contextid() -> $context->get_parent_context()
446 * get_child_contexts() -> $context->get_child_contexts()
447 * rebuild_contexts() -> $context->reset_paths()
448 * get_user_courses_bycap() -> enrol_get_users_courses()
449 * get_courseid_from_context() -> $context->get_course_context(false)
450 * get_role_context_caps() -> (no replacement)
451 * load_temp_role() -> (no replacement)
452 * remove_temp_roles() -> (no replacement)
453 * get_related_contexts_string() -> $context->get_parent_context_ids(true)
454 * get_recent_enrolments() -> (no replacement)
457 * get_course_participants() -> get_enrolled_users()
458 * is_course_participant() -> is_enrolled()
461 * current_theme() -> $PAGE->theme->name
462 * skip_main_destination() -> $OUTPUT->skip_link_target()
463 * print_container() -> $OUTPUT->container()
464 * print_container_start() -> $OUTPUT->container_start()
465 * print_container_end() -> $OUTPUT->container_end()
466 * print_continue() -> $OUTPUT->continue_button()
467 * print_header() -> $PAGE methods
468 * print_header_simple() -> $PAGE methods
469 * print_side_block() -> $OUTPUT->block()
470 * print_arrow() -> $OUTPUT->arrow()
471 * print_scale_menu_helpbutton() -> $OUTPUT->help_icon_scale($courseid, $scale)
472 * print_checkbox() -> html_writer::checkbox()
475 * print_navigation() -> $OUTPUT->navbar()
476 * build_navigation() -> $PAGE->navbar methods
477 * navmenu() -> (no replacement)
478 * settings_navigation::
479 get_course_modules() -> (no replacement)
481 Files and repositories:
482 * stored_file::replace_content_with() -> stored_file::replace_file_with()
483 * stored_file::set_filesize() -> stored_file::replace_file_with()
484 * stored_file::get_referencelifetime() -> (no replacement)
485 * repository::sync_external_file() -> see repository::sync_reference()
486 * repository::get_file_by_reference() -> repository::sync_reference()
488 get_reference_file_lifetime() -> (no replacement)
489 * repository::sync_individual_file() -> (no replacement)
490 * repository::reset_caches() -> (no replacement)
493 * add_event() -> calendar_event::create()
494 * update_event() -> calendar_event->update()
495 * delete_event() -> calendar_event->delete()
496 * hide_event() -> calendar_event->toggle_visibility(false)
497 * show_event() -> calendar_event->toggle_visibility(true)
500 * filter_text() -> format_text(), format_string()...
501 * httpsrequired() -> $PAGE->https_required()
502 * detect_munged_arguments() -> clean_param([...], PARAM_FILE)
503 * mygroupid() -> groups_get_all_groups()
504 * js_minify() -> core_minify::js_files()
505 * css_minify_css() -> core_minify::css_files()
506 * course_modinfo::build_section_cache() -> (no replacement)
507 * generate_email_supportuser() -> core_user::get_support_user()
510 * session_get_instance()->xxx() -> \core\session\manager::xxx()
511 * session_kill_all() -> \core\session\manager::kill_all_sessions()
512 * session_touch() -> \core\session\manager::touch_session()
513 * session_kill() -> \core\session\manager::kill_session()
514 * session_kill_user() -> \core\session\manager::kill_user_sessions()
515 * session_gc() -> \core\session\manager::gc()
516 * session_set_user() -> \core\session\manager::set_user()
517 * session_is_loggedinas() -> \core\session\manager::is_loggedinas()
518 * session_get_realuser() -> \core\session\manager::get_realuser()
519 * session_loginas() -> \core\session\manager::loginas()
521 User-agent related functions:
522 * check_browser_operating_system() -> core_useragent::check_browser_operating_system()
523 * check_browser_version() -> core_useragent::check_browser_version()
524 * get_device_type() -> core_useragent::get_device_type()
525 * get_device_type_list() -> core_useragent::get_device_type_list()
526 * get_selected_theme_for_device_type() -> core_useragent::get_device_type_theme()
527 * get_device_cfg_var_name() -> core_useragent::get_device_type_cfg_var_name()
528 * set_user_device_type() -> core_useragent::set_user_device_type()
529 * get_user_device_type() -> core_useragent::get_user_device_type()
530 * get_browser_version_classes() -> core_useragent::get_browser_version_classes()
533 * moodle-core-notification has been deprecated with a recommendation of
534 using its subclasses instead. This is to allow for reduced page
535 transport costs. Current subclasses include:
542 Event triggering and event handlers:
543 * All existing events and event handlers should be replaced by new
544 event classes and matching new event observers.
545 * See http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Event_2 for more information.
546 * The following events will be entirely removed, though they can still
547 be captured using handlers, but they should not be used any more.
548 * groups_members_removed -> \core\event\group_member_removed
549 * groups_groupings_groups_removed -> (no replacement)
550 * groups_groups_deleted -> \core\event\group_deleted
551 * groups_groupings_deleted -> \core\event\grouping_deleted
552 * edit_module_post_actions() does not trigger events any more.
556 * New get_course() function for use when obtaining the course record from database. Will
557 reuse existing $COURSE or $SITE globals if possible to improve performance.
561 * The database drivers (moodle_database and subclasses) aren't using anymore the ::columns property
562 for caching database metadata. MUC (databasemeta) is used instead. Any custom DB driver should
563 apply for that change.
564 * The cron output has been changed to include time and memory usage (see cron_trace_time_and_memory()),
565 so any custom utility relying on the old output may require modification.
566 * Function get_max_file_sizes now returns an option for (for example) "Course limit (500MB)" or
567 "Site limit (200MB)" when appropriate with the option set to 0. This function no longer returns
568 an option for 0 bytes. Existing code that was replacing the 0 option in the return
569 from this function with a more sensible message, can now use the return from this function directly.
570 * Functions responsible for output in course/lib.php are deprecated, the code is moved to
571 appropriate renderers: print_section(), print_section_add_menus(), get_print_section_cm_text(),
572 make_editing_buttons()
573 See functions' phpdocs in lib/deprecatedlib.php
574 * Function get_print_section_cm_text() is deprecated, replaced with methods in cm_info
575 * zip_packer may create empty zip archives, there is a new option to ignore
576 problematic files when creating archive
577 * The function delete_course_module was deprecated and has been replaced with
578 course_delete_module. The reason for this was because the function delete_course_module
579 only partially deletes data, so wherever it was called extra code was needed to
580 perform the whole deletion process. The function course_delete_module now takes care
581 of the whole process.
582 * curl::setopt() does not accept constant values any more. As it never worked properly,
583 we decided to make the type check stricter. Now, the keys of the array pass must be a string
584 corresponding to the curl constant name.
585 * Function get_users_listing now return list of users except guest and deleted users. Previously
586 deleted users were excluded by get_users_listing. As guest user is not expected while browsing users,
587 and not included in get_user function, it will not be returned by get_users_listing.
588 * The add_* functions in course/dnduploadlib.php have been deprecated. Plugins should be using the
589 MODNAME_dndupload_register callback instead.
590 * The signature of the add() method of classes implementing the parentable_part_of_admin_tree
591 interface (such as admin_category) has been extended. The new parameter allows the caller
592 to prepend the new node before an existing sibling in the admin tree.
593 * condition_info:get_condition_user_fields($formatoptions) now accepts the optional
594 param $formatoptions, that will determine if the field names are processed by
595 format_string() with the passed options.
596 * remove all references to $CFG->gdversion, GD PHP extension is now required
597 * Formslib will now throw a developer warning if a PARAM_ type hasn't been set for elements which
598 need it. Please set PARAM_RAW explicitly if you do not want any cleaning.
599 * Functions responsible for managing and accessing course categories are moved to class coursecat
600 in lib/coursecatlib.php, functions responsible for rendering courses and categories lists are
601 moved to course/renderer.php. The following global functions are deprecated: make_categories_list(),
602 category_delete_move(), category_delete_full(), move_category(), course_category_hide(),
603 course_category_show(), get_course_category(), create_course_category(), get_all_subcategories(),
604 get_child_categories(), get_categories(), print_my_moodle(), print_remote_course(),
605 print_remote_host(), print_whole_category_list(), print_category_info(), get_course_category_tree(),
606 print_courses(), print_course(), get_category_courses_array(), get_category_courses_array_recursively(),
607 get_courses_wmanagers()
608 See http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Courses_lists_upgrade_to_2.5
609 * $core_renderer->block_move_target() changed to support more verbose move-block-here descriptions.
610 * Additional (optional) param $onlyactive has been added to get_enrolled_users, count_enrolled_users
611 functions to get information for only active (excluding suspended enrolments) users. Included two
612 helper functions extract_suspended_users, get_suspended_userids to extract suspended user information.
613 * The core_plugin_manager class now provides two new helper methods for getting information
614 about known plugins: get_plugins_of_type() and get_subplugins_of_plugin().
615 * The get_uninstall_url() method of all subclasses of \core\plugininfo\base class is now expected
616 to always return moodle_url. Subclasses can use the new method is_uninstall_allowed()
617 to control the availability of the 'Uninstall' link at the Plugins overview page (previously
618 they would do it by get_uninstall_url() returning null). By default, URL to a new general plugin
619 uninstall tool is returned. Unless the plugin type needs extra steps that can't be handled by
620 plugininfo_xxx::uninstall() method or xmldb_xxx_uninstall() function, this default URL should
621 satisfy all plugin types.
623 Database (DML) layer:
624 * $DB->sql_empty() is deprecated, you have to use sql parameters with empty values instead,
625 please note hardcoding of empty strings in SQL queries breaks execution in Oracle database.
626 * Indexes must not be defined on the same columns as keys, this is now reported as fatal problem.
627 Please note that internally we create indexes instead of foreign keys.
630 * M.util.help_icon has been deprecated. Code should be updated to use moodle-core-popuphelp
631 instead. To do so, remove any existing JS calls to M.util.help_icon from your PHP and ensure
632 that your help link is placed in a span which has the class 'helplink'.
636 * Pagelib: Numerous deprecated functions were removed as classes page_base, page_course
637 and page_generic_activity.
638 * use $CFG->googlemapkey3 instead of removed $CFG->googlemapkey and migrate to Google Maps API V3
639 * Function settings_navigation::add_course_editing_links() is completely removed
640 * function global_navigation::format_display_course_content() is removed completely (the
641 functionality is moved to course format class)
642 * in the function global_navigation::load_generic_course_sections() the argument $courseformat is
644 * New component and itemid columns in groups_members table - this allows plugin to create protected
645 group memberships using 'xx_yy_allow_group_member_remove' callback and there is also a new restore
646 callback 'xx_yy_restore_group_member()'.
647 * New general role assignment restore plugin callback 'xx_yy_restore_role_assignment()'.
648 * functions get_generic_section_name(), get_all_sections(), add_mod_to_section(), get_all_mods()
649 are deprecated. See their phpdocs in lib/deprecatedlib.php on how to replace them
652 * moodle-enrol-notification has been renamed to moodle-core-notification
653 * YUI2 code must now use 2in3, see http://yuilibrary.com/yui/docs/yui/yui-yui2.html
654 * M.util.init_select_autosubmit() and M.util.init_url_select() have been deprecated. Code using this should be updated
655 to use moodle-core-formautosubmit
657 Unit testing changes:
658 * output debugging() is not sent to standard output any more,
659 use $this->assertDebuggingCalled(), $this->assertDebuggingNotCalled(),
660 $this->getDebuggingMessages() or $this->assertResetDebugging() instead.
664 Database layer changes:
665 * objects are not allowed in paramters of DML functions, use explicit casting to strings if necessary
668 * DDL and DML methods which were deprecated in 2.0 have now been removed, they will no longer produce
669 debug messages and will produce fatal errors
673 * send_stored_file() has changed its interface
674 * deleted several resourcelib_embed_* functions from resourcelib.php
678 removed unused libraries:
679 * odbc, base32, CodeSniffer, overlib, apd profiling, kses, Smarty, PEAR Console, swfobject, cssshover.htc, md5.js
682 * new admin/tool plugin type
683 * new context API - old API is still available
684 * deleted users do not have context any more
685 * removed global search
691 * basic suport for restore from 1.9
692 * new mobile devices API
699 * new DML API - http://docs.moodle.org/dev/DML_functions
700 * new DDL API - http://docs.moodle.org/dev/DDL_functions
701 * new file API - http://docs.moodle.org/dev/File_API
702 * new $PAGE and $OUTPUT API
704 * new theme API - http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Theme_changes_in_2.0
705 * new javascript API - http://docs.moodle.org/dev/JavaScript_usage_guide
707 * new local plugin type
708 * new translation support - http://lang.moodle.org
709 * new web service API
716 * new backup/restore API
719 * improved plugin support (aka Frankenstyle)
720 * new registration and hub API
721 * new course completion API
724 * new text editor API
725 * new my moodle and profiles API