1 This files describes API changes in /enrol/* - plugins,
2 information provided here is intended especially for developers.
6 * Added onlysuspended option to core_enrol_get_enrolled_users webservice to retrieve only suspended users.
10 * Function enrol_manual_plugin::enrol_cohort now return the number of enrolled cohort users.
14 * Functions get_potential_users() and search_other_users() now return more information to avoid extra count query:
15 - users: List of user objects returned by the query.
16 - moreusers: True if there are still more users, otherwise is False.
17 - totalusers: Number users matching the search. (This element only exists if the function is called with $returnexactcount param set to true).
18 * enrolledusercount is now optional in the return value of get_users_courses() for performance reasons. This is controlled with the new
19 optional returnusercount parameter (default true).
20 * External function core_enrol_external::get_users_courses now returns a new field "completionusertracked" that indicates if the
21 given user is being tracked for completion.
25 * External function core_enrol_external::get_users_courses now return more information to avoid multiple queries to build the
27 - displayname: Course display name for lists.
28 - marker: Course section active marker.
29 - completed: Whether the given user completed the course or not.
30 - lastaccess: Last time the user accessed the course.
31 - overviewfiles: Course overview files.
32 - completionhascriteria: Whether completion criteria is set for the course.
33 - isfavourite: Whether the user marked the course as favourite.
34 - hidden: Whether the user hide the course from the dashboard.
35 * External functions core_enrol_external::get_enrolled_users and core_enrol_external::get_enrolled_users_with_capability now return
36 the last access time for the users in the given course.
40 * Default sorting in enrol_get_my_courses(), enrol_get_all_users_courses() and enrol_get_users_courses() now respects
41 the site setting "navsortmycoursessort" and should be consistently used when displaying the courses in the UI.
45 * render_course_enrolment_users_table method has been removed from the renderer. The enrolled users page is now
46 combined with the participants page. /enrol/users.php no longer exists.
50 * External function core_enrol_external::get_users_courses now return the user progress, start and the end course dates.
54 * External function core_enrol_external::get_users_courses now return the category id as an additional optional field.
58 * core_enrol_external::get_enrolled_users now supports two additional parameters for ordering: sortby and sortdirection.
59 * Enrolment plugins UI have been consolidated. Plugins can implement use_standard_editing_ui() function
60 and add edit_instance_form() and edit_instance_validation() methods instead of providing their own edit.php and form.
61 They can then rely on the default implementation of get_action_icons and get_course_navigation. In future this will
62 mean they can be called by webservices/user upload tools because they can validate their data.
66 * Added new events enrol_instance_created, enrol_instance_updated and
67 enrol_instance_deleted . Always trigger them when changing records in the
69 * Constant CACHE_COURSE_CONTACTS_TTL was deleted.
70 * External function core_enrol_external::get_enrolled_users now returns only the viewable participants if the course has groups enabled and no groupid is passed.
74 * External function core_enrol_external::get_users_courses now returns additional optional fields:
75 - summary: Course summary.
76 - summaryformat: Course summary format.
77 - format: Course format.
78 - showgrades: True if grades are shown, otherwise false.
79 - lang: Forced course language.
80 - enablecompletion: Control or not via completion and activity settings.
84 * enrol_plugin::instance_deleteable() is deprecated and has been replaced by enrol_plugin::can_delete_instance()
85 * enrol_plugin::can_hide_show_instance() is a new function to control who can hide/show enrolment instances.
86 Returns true by default but plugins must implement their own logic.
90 * Enrolment plugin which supports self enrolment should implement can_self_enrol()
91 * Enrolment plugin should implement get_enrol_info() to expose instance information
92 with webservice or external interface.
93 * Webservice core_enrol_get_enrolled_users_with_capability was incorrectly specifing
94 float as the return type for user id. int is the actual returned type and is now
99 * plugins may use general enrol/editenrolment.php page to let users edit
101 * new support for grade recovery in enrol_plugin::enrol_user() method
105 required changes in code:
106 * use role_get_name() or role_fix_names() if you need any role names, using role.name
107 directly from database is not correct any more
108 * new restore support: ENROL_RESTORE_EXACT, ENROL_RESTORE_NOUSERS
109 and ENROL_RESTORE_CLASS were removed, implement new restore_* plugin methods instead
111 other changes and new features:
112 * course enrolment manager now works with disabled plugins too
113 * new support for protected group membership linked to enrol instance
114 * new support for expiry notifications - see enrol_plugin::send_expiry_notifications() method
119 required changes in code:
120 * load_temp_role() is deprecated, use load_temp_course_role() instead, temp role not loaded
121 * remove_temp_role() is deprecated, use remove_temp_course_roles() instead
122 * 'user_unenrol_modified' event was renamed to 'user_enrol_modified'
127 required changes in code:
128 * enrolment plugins need to be rewritten to use new API - see inline phpdocs and official plugins