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1 This files describes API changes in core libraries and APIs,
2 information provided here is intended especially for developers.
4 === 2.8 ===
6 * lib/excelllib.class.php has been updated. The class MoodleExcelWorkbook will now only produce excel 2007 files.
7 * renderers: We now remove the suffix _renderable when looking for a render method for a renderable.
8 If you have a renderable class named like "blah_renderable" and have a method on a renderer named "render_blah_renderable"
9 you will need to change the name of your render method to "render_blah" instead, as renderable at the end is no longer accepted.
10 * New functions get_course_and_cm_from_cmid($cmorid, $modulename) and
11 get_course_and_cm_from_instance($instanceorid, $modulename) can be used to
12 more efficiently load these basic data objects at the start of a script.
13 * New function cm_info::create($cm) can be used when you need a cm_info
14 object, but have a $cm which might only be a standard database record.
15 * $CFG->enablegroupmembersonly no longer exists.
17 DEPRECATIONS:
18 * completion_info->get_incomplete_criteria() is deprecated and will be removed in Moodle 3.0.
19 * grade_category::aggregate_values() is deprecated and will be removed in Moodle 3.0.
20 * groups_filter_users_by_course_module_visible() is deprecated; replace with
21 core_availability\info::filter_user_list. Will be removed in Moodle 3.0.
22 * groups_course_module_visible() is deprecated; replace with $cm->uservisible.
23 * cm_info property $cm->groupmembersonly is deprecated and always returns 0.
24 Use core_availability\info::filter_user_list if trying to determine which
25 other users can see an activity.
26 * cm_info method $cm->is_user_access_restricted_by_group() is deprecated and
27 always returns false. Use $cm->uservisible to determine whether the user can
28 access the activity.
29 * Constant FEATURE_GROUPMEMBERSONLY (used in module _supports functions) is
30 deprecated.
32 === 2.6.4 / 2.7.1 ===
34 * setnew_password_and_mail() and update_internal_user_password() will trigger
35 \core\event\user_password_updated. Previously they used to generate
36 \core\event\user_updated event.
37 * update_internal_user_password() accepts optional boolean $fasthash for fast
38 hashing.
39 * user_update_user() and user_create_user() api's accept optional param
40 $triggerevent to avoid respective events to be triggred from the api's.
42 === 2.7 ===
44 * PHPUnit cannot be installed via PEAR any more, please use composer package manager instead.
45 * $core_renderer->block_move_target() changed to support more verbose move-block-here descriptions.
47 Events and Logging:
48 * Significant changes in Logging API. For upgrading existing events_trigger() and
49 add_to_log() see http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Migrating_logging_calls_in_plugins
50 For accessing logs from plugins see http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Migrating_log_access_in_reports
51 * The validation of the following events is now stricter (see MDL-45445):
52 - \core\event\blog_entry_created
53 - \core\event\blog_entry_deleted
54 - \core\event\blog_entry_updated
55 - \core\event\cohort_member_added
56 - \core\event\cohort_member_removed
57 - \core\event\course_category_deleted
58 - \core\event\course_completed
59 - \core\event\course_content_deleted
60 - \core\event\course_created
61 - \core\event\course_deleted
62 - \core\event\course_restored
63 - \core\event\course_section_updated (see MDL-45229)
64 - \core\event\email_failed
65 - \core\event\group_member_added
66 - \core\event\group_member_removed
67 - \core\event\note_created
68 - \core\event\note_deleted
69 - \core\event\note_updated
70 - \core\event\role_assigned
71 - \core\event\role_deleted
72 - \core\event\role_unassigned
73 - \core\event\user_graded
74 - \core\event\user_loggedinas
75 - \core\event\user_profile_viewed
76 - \core\event\webservice_token_created
78 DEPRECATIONS:
79 * $module uses in mod/xxx/version.php files is now deprecated. Please use $plugin instead. It will be removed in Moodle 2.10.
80 * Update init methods in all event classes - "level" property was renamed to "edulevel", the level property is now deprecated.
81 * Abstract class \core\event\course_module_instances_list_viewed is deprecated now, use \core\event\instances_list_viewed instead.
82 * Abstract class core\event\content_viewed has been deprecated. Please extend base event or other relevant abstract class.
83 * mod_book\event\instances_list_viewed has been deprecated. Please use mod_book\event\course_module_instance_list_viewed instead.
84 * mod_chat\event\instances_list_viewed has been deprecated. Please use mod_chat\event\course_module_instance_list_viewed instead.
85 * mod_choice\event\instances_list_viewed has been deprecated. Please use mod_choice\event\course_module_instance_list_viewed instead.
86 * mod_feedback\event\instances_list_viewed has been deprecated. Please use mod_feedback\event\course_module_instance_list_viewed instead.
87 * mod_page\event\instances_list_viewed has been deprecated. Please use mod_page\event\course_module_instance_list_viewed instead.
88 * The constants FRONTPAGECOURSELIST, FRONTPAGETOPICONLY & FRONTPAGECOURSELIMIT have been removed.
89 * Conditional availability API has moved and changed. The condition_info class is
90 replaced by \core_availability\info_module, and condition_info_section by
91 \core_availability\info_section. (Code that uses the old classes will generally
92 still work.)
93 * coursemodule_visible_for_user() has been deprecated but still works - replaced
94 by a new static function \core_availability\info_module::is_user_visible()
95 * cm_info::is_user_access_restricted_by_conditional_access has been deprecated
96 but still works (it has never done what its name suggests, and is
97 unnecessary).
98 * cm_info and section_info property showavailability has been deprecated, but
99 still works (with the caveat that this information is now per-user).
100 * cm_info and section_info properties availablefrom and availableuntil have been
101 deprecated and always return zero (underlying data doesn't have these values).
102 * section_info property groupingid has been deprecated and always returns zero,
103 same deal.
104 * Various cm_info methods have been deprecated in favour of their read-only properties (get_url(), get_content(), get_extra_classes(),
105 get_on_click(), get_custom_data(), get_after_link, get_after_edit_icons)
106 * The ajaxenabled function has been deprecated and always returns true. All code should be fully functional in Javascript.
107 * count_login_failures() has been deprecated, use user_count_login_failures() instead. Refer MDL-42891 for details.
109 Conditional availability (activities and sections):
110 * New conditional availability API in /availability, including new availability
111 condition plugins in /availability/condition. The new API is very similar with
112 regard to checking availability, but any code that modifies availability settings
113 for an activity or section is likely to need substantial changes.
115 YUI:
116 * The lightbox attribute for moodle-core-notification-dialogue has been
117 deprecated and replaced by the modal attribute. This was actually
118 changed in Moodle 2.2, but has only been marked as deprecated now. It
119 will be removed in Moodle 2.9.
120 * When destroying any type of dialogue based on moodle-core-notification, the relevant content is also removed from
121 the DOM. Previously it was left orphaned.
123 JavaSript:
124 * The findChildNodes global function has been deprecated. Y.all should
125 be used instead.
126 * The callback argument to confirm_action and M.util.show_confirm_dialog has been deprecated. If you need to write a
127 confirmation which includes a callback, please use moodle-core-notification-confirmation and attach callbacks to the
128 events provided.
130 * New locking api and admin settings to configure the system locking type.
131 * New "Time spent waiting for the database" performance metric displayed along with the
132 other MDL_PERF vars; the change affects both the error logs and the vars displayed in
133 the page footer.
134 * Changes in the tag API. The component and contextid are now saved when assigning tags to an item. Please see
135 tag/upgrade.txt for more information.
137 === 2.6 ===
139 * Use new methods from core_component class instead of get_core_subsystems(), get_plugin_types(),
140 get_plugin_list(), get_plugin_list_with_class(), get_plugin_directory(), normalize_component(),
141 get_component_directory() and get_plugin_list_with_file(). The names of the new methods are
142 exactly the same, the only differences are that core_component::get_plugin_types() now always returns
143 full paths and core_component::get_plugin_list() does not accept empty parameter any more.
144 * Use core_text::* instead of textlib:: and also core_collator::* instead of collatorlib::*.
145 * Use new function moodleform::mock_submit() to simulate form submission in unit tests (backported).
146 * New $CFG->localcachedir setting useful for cluster nodes. Admins have to update X-Sendfile aliases if used.
147 * MS SQL Server drivers are now using NVARCHAR(MAX) instead of NTEXT and VARBINARY(MAX) instead of IMAGE,
148 this change should be fully transparent and it should help significantly with add-on compatibility.
149 * The string manager classes were renamed. Note that they should not be modified or used directly,
150 always use get_string_manager() to get instance of the string manager.
151 * The ability to use an 'insecure' rc4encrypt/rc4decrypt key has been removed.
152 * Use $CFG->debugdeveloper instead of debugging('', DEBUG_DEVELOPER).
153 * Use set_debugging(DEBUG_xxx) when changing debugging level for current request.
154 * Function moveto_module() does not modify $mod argument and instead now returns the new module visibility value.
155 * Use behat_selectors::get_allowed_text_selectors() and behat_selectors::get_allowed_selectors() instead of
156 behat_command::$allowedtextselectors and behat_command::$allowedselectors
157 * Subplugins are supported in admin tools and local plugins.
158 * file_packer/zip_packer API has been modified so that key functions support a new file_progress interface
159 to report progress during long operations. Related to this, zip_archive now supports an estimated_count()
160 function that returns an approximate number of entries in the zip faster than the count() function.
161 * Class cm_info no longer extends stdClass. All properties are read-only and calculated on first request only.
162 * Class course_modinfo no longer extends stdClass. All properties are read-only.
163 * Database fields modinfo and sectioncache in table course are removed. Application cache core/coursemodinfo
164 is used instead. Course cache is still reset, rebuilt and retrieved using function rebuild_course_cache() and
165 get_fast_modinfo(). Purging all caches and every core upgrade purges course modinfo cache as well.
166 If function get_fast_modinfo() is called for multiple courses make sure to include field cacherev in course
167 object.
168 * Internal (noreply and support) user support has been added for sending/receiving message.
169 Use core_user::get_noreply_user() and core_user::get_support_user() to get noreply and support user's respectively.
170 Real users can be used as noreply/support users by setting $CFG->noreplyuserid and $CFG->supportuserid
171 * New function readfile_allow_large() in filelib.php for use when very large files may need sending to user.
172 * Use core_plugin_manager::reset_caches() when changing visibility of plugins.
173 * Implement new method get_enabled_plugins() method in subplugin info classes.
174 * Each plugin should include version information in version.php.
175 * Module and block tables do not contain version column any more, use get_config('xx_yy', 'version') instead.
176 * $USER->password field is intentionally unset so that session data does not contain password hashes.
177 * Use core_shutdown_manager::register_function() instead of register_shutdown_function().
178 * New file packer for .tar.gz files; obtain by calling get_file_packer('application/x-gzip'). Intended initially
179 for use in backup/restore only, as there are limitations on supported filenames. Also new packer for
180 backups which supports both compression formats; get_file_packer('application/vnd.moodle.backup').
181 * New optional parameter to stored_file::get_content_file_handle to open file handle with 'gzopen' instead
182 of 'fopen' to read gzip-compressed files if required.
183 * update_internal_user_password() and setnew_password_and_mail() now trigger user_updated event.
184 * Add thirdpartylibs.xml file to plugins that bundle any 3rd party libraries.
185 * New class introduced to help auto generate zIndex values for modal dialogues. Class "moodle-has-zindex"
186 should set on any element which uses a non-default zindex and needs to ensure it doesn't show above a
187 dialogue.
188 * $CFG->filelifetime is now used consistently for most file serving operations, the default was lowered
189 to 6 hours from 24 hours because etags and x-sendfile support should make file serving less expensive.
190 * Date format locale charset for windows server will come from calendar type and for gregorian it will use
191 lang file.
192 * The library to interact with Box.net (class boxclient) is only compatible with their APIv1 which
193 reaches its end of life on the 14th of Dec. You should migrate your scripts to make usage of the
194 new class boxnet_client(). Note that the method names and return values have changed.
195 * Settings pages are now possible for Calendar type plugins. Calendar type plugins that require a settings page to
196 work properly will need to set their requires version to a number that is equal to or grater than the 2.6.1 release version.
197 * The admin/tool/generator tool was overhauled to use testing data generators and the previous interface to create
198 test data was removed (it was not working correctly anyway). If you were using this tool you will probably need to
199 update your code.
201 DEPRECATIONS:
202 Various previously deprecated functions have now been altered to throw DEBUG_DEVELOPER debugging notices
203 and will be removed in a future release (target: 2.8), a summary follows:
205 Accesslib:
206 * get_context_instance() -> context_xxxx::instance()
207 * get_context_instance_by_id() -> context::instance_by_id($id)
208 * get_system_context() -> context_system::instance()
209 * context_moved() -> context::update_moved()
210 * preload_course_contexts() -> context_helper::preload_course()
211 * context_instance_preload() -> context_helper::preload_from_record()
212 * context_instance_preload_sql() -> context_helper::get_preload_record_columns_sql()
213 * get_contextlevel_name() -> context_helper::get_level_name()
214 * create_contexts() -> context_helper::create_instances()
215 * cleanup_contexts() -> context_helper::cleanup_instances()
216 * build_context_path() -> context_helper::build_all_paths()
217 * print_context_name() -> $context->get_context_name()
218 * mark_context_dirty() -> $context->mark_dirty()
219 * delete_context() -> $context->delete_content() or context_helper::delete_instance()
220 * get_context_url() -> $context->get_url()
221 * get_course_context() -> $context->get_course_context()
222 * get_parent_contexts() -> $context->get_parent_context_ids()
223 * get_parent_contextid() -> $context->get_parent_context()
224 * get_child_contexts() -> $context->get_child_contexts()
225 * rebuild_contexts() -> $context->reset_paths()
226 * get_user_courses_bycap() -> enrol_get_users_courses()
227 * get_courseid_from_context() -> $context->get_course_context(false)
228 * get_role_context_caps() -> (no replacement)
229 * load_temp_role() -> (no replacement)
230 * remove_temp_roles() -> (no replacement)
231 * get_related_contexts_string() -> $context->get_parent_context_ids(true)
232 * get_recent_enrolments() -> (no replacement)
234 Enrollment:
235 * get_course_participants() -> get_enrolled_users()
236 * is_course_participant() -> is_enrolled()
238 Output:
239 * current_theme() -> $PAGE->theme->name
240 * skip_main_destination() -> $OUTPUT->skip_link_target()
241 * print_container() -> $OUTPUT->container()
242 * print_container_start() -> $OUTPUT->container_start()
243 * print_container_end() -> $OUTPUT->container_end()
244 * print_continue() -> $OUTPUT->continue_button()
245 * print_header() -> $PAGE methods
246 * print_header_simple() -> $PAGE methods
247 * print_side_block() -> $OUTPUT->block()
248 * print_arrow() -> $OUTPUT->arrow()
249 * print_scale_menu_helpbutton() -> $OUTPUT->help_icon_scale($courseid, $scale)
250 * print_checkbox() -> html_writer::checkbox()
252 Navigation:
253 * print_navigation() -> $OUTPUT->navbar()
254 * build_navigation() -> $PAGE->navbar methods
255 * navmenu() -> (no replacement)
256 * settings_navigation::
257 get_course_modules() -> (no replacement)
259 Files and repositories:
260 * stored_file::replace_content_with() -> stored_file::replace_file_with()
261 * stored_file::set_filesize() -> stored_file::replace_file_with()
262 * stored_file::get_referencelifetime() -> (no replacement)
263 * repository::sync_external_file() -> see repository::sync_reference()
264 * repository::get_file_by_reference() -> repository::sync_reference()
265 * repository::
266 get_reference_file_lifetime() -> (no replacement)
267 * repository::sync_individual_file() -> (no replacement)
268 * repository::reset_caches() -> (no replacement)
270 Calendar:
271 * add_event() -> calendar_event::create()
272 * update_event() -> calendar_event->update()
273 * delete_event() -> calendar_event->delete()
274 * hide_event() -> calendar_event->toggle_visibility(false)
275 * show_event() -> calendar_event->toggle_visibility(true)
277 Misc:
278 * filter_text() -> format_text(), format_string()...
279 * httpsrequired() -> $PAGE->https_required()
280 * detect_munged_arguments() -> clean_param([...], PARAM_FILE)
281 * mygroupid() -> groups_get_all_groups()
282 * js_minify() -> core_minify::js_files()
283 * css_minify_css() -> core_minify::css_files()
284 * course_modinfo::build_section_cache() -> (no replacement)
285 * generate_email_supportuser() -> core_user::get_support_user()
287 Sessions:
288 * session_get_instance()->xxx() -> \core\session\manager::xxx()
289 * session_kill_all() -> \core\session\manager::kill_all_sessions()
290 * session_touch() -> \core\session\manager::touch_session()
291 * session_kill() -> \core\session\manager::kill_session()
292 * session_kill_user() -> \core\session\manager::kill_user_sessions()
293 * session_gc() -> \core\session\manager::gc()
294 * session_set_user() -> \core\session\manager::set_user()
295 * session_is_loggedinas() -> \core\session\manager::is_loggedinas()
296 * session_get_realuser() -> \core\session\manager::get_realuser()
297 * session_loginas() -> \core\session\manager::loginas()
299 User-agent related functions:
300 * check_browser_operating_system() -> core_useragent::check_browser_operating_system()
301 * check_browser_version() -> core_useragent::check_browser_version()
302 * get_device_type() -> core_useragent::get_device_type()
303 * get_device_type_list() -> core_useragent::get_device_type_list()
304 * get_selected_theme_for_device_type() -> core_useragent::get_device_type_theme()
305 * get_device_cfg_var_name() -> core_useragent::get_device_type_cfg_var_name()
306 * set_user_device_type() -> core_useragent::set_user_device_type()
307 * get_user_device_type() -> core_useragent::get_user_device_type()
308 * get_browser_version_classes() -> core_useragent::get_browser_version_classes()
310 YUI:
311 * moodle-core-notification has been deprecated with a recommendation of
312 using its subclasses instead. This is to allow for reduced page
313 transport costs. Current subclasses include:
314 * dialogue
315 * alert
316 * confirm
317 * exception
318 * ajaxexception
320 Event triggering and event handlers:
321 * All existing events and event handlers should be replaced by new
322 event classes and matching new event observers.
323 * See http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Event_2 for more information.
324 * The following events will be entirely removed, though they can still
325 be captured using handlers, but they should not be used any more.
326 * groups_members_removed -> \core\event\group_member_removed
327 * groups_groupings_groups_removed -> (no replacement)
328 * groups_groups_deleted -> \core\event\group_deleted
329 * groups_groupings_deleted -> \core\event\grouping_deleted
330 * edit_module_post_actions() does not trigger events any more.
332 === 2.5.1 ===
334 * New get_course() function for use when obtaining the course record from database. Will
335 reuse existing $COURSE or $SITE globals if possible to improve performance.
337 === 2.5 ===
339 * The database drivers (moodle_database and subclasses) aren't using anymore the ::columns property
340 for caching database metadata. MUC (databasemeta) is used instead. Any custom DB driver should
341 apply for that change.
342 * The cron output has been changed to include time and memory usage (see cron_trace_time_and_memory()),
343 so any custom utility relying on the old output may require modification.
344 * Function get_max_file_sizes now returns an option for (for example) "Course limit (500MB)" or
345 "Site limit (200MB)" when appropriate with the option set to 0. This function no longer returns
346 an option for 0 bytes. Existing code that was replacing the 0 option in the return
347 from this function with a more sensible message, can now use the return from this function directly.
348 * Functions responsible for output in course/lib.php are deprecated, the code is moved to
349 appropriate renderers: print_section(), print_section_add_menus(), get_print_section_cm_text(),
350 make_editing_buttons()
351 See functions' phpdocs in lib/deprecatedlib.php
352 * Function get_print_section_cm_text() is deprecated, replaced with methods in cm_info
353 * zip_packer may create empty zip archives, there is a new option to ignore
354 problematic files when creating archive
355 * The function delete_course_module was deprecated and has been replaced with
356 course_delete_module. The reason for this was because the function delete_course_module
357 only partially deletes data, so wherever it was called extra code was needed to
358 perform the whole deletion process. The function course_delete_module now takes care
359 of the whole process.
360 * curl::setopt() does not accept constant values any more. As it never worked properly,
361 we decided to make the type check stricter. Now, the keys of the array pass must be a string
362 corresponding to the curl constant name.
363 * Function get_users_listing now return list of users except guest and deleted users. Previously
364 deleted users were excluded by get_users_listing. As guest user is not expected while browsing users,
365 and not included in get_user function, it will not be returned by get_users_listing.
366 * The add_* functions in course/dnduploadlib.php have been deprecated. Plugins should be using the
367 MODNAME_dndupload_register callback instead.
368 * The signature of the add() method of classes implementing the parentable_part_of_admin_tree
369 interface (such as admin_category) has been extended. The new parameter allows the caller
370 to prepend the new node before an existing sibling in the admin tree.
371 * condition_info:get_condition_user_fields($formatoptions) now accepts the optional
372 param $formatoptions, that will determine if the field names are processed by
373 format_string() with the passed options.
374 * remove all references to $CFG->gdversion, GD PHP extension is now required
375 * Formslib will now throw a developer warning if a PARAM_ type hasn't been set for elements which
376 need it. Please set PARAM_RAW explicitly if you do not want any cleaning.
377 * Functions responsible for managing and accessing course categories are moved to class coursecat
378 in lib/coursecatlib.php, functions responsible for rendering courses and categories lists are
379 moved to course/renderer.php. The following global functions are deprecated: make_categories_list(),
380 category_delete_move(), category_delete_full(), move_category(), course_category_hide(),
381 course_category_show(), get_course_category(), create_course_category(), get_all_subcategories(),
382 get_child_categories(), get_categories(), print_my_moodle(), print_remote_course(),
383 print_remote_host(), print_whole_category_list(), print_category_info(), get_course_category_tree(),
384 print_courses(), print_course(), get_category_courses_array(), get_category_courses_array_recursively(),
385 get_courses_wmanagers()
386 See http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Courses_lists_upgrade_to_2.5
387 * $core_renderer->block_move_target() changed to support more verbose move-block-here descriptions.
388 * Additional (optional) param $onlyactive has been added to get_enrolled_users, count_enrolled_users
389 functions to get information for only active (excluding suspended enrolments) users. Included two
390 helper functions extract_suspended_users, get_suspended_userids to extract suspended user information.
391 * The core_plugin_manager class now provides two new helper methods for getting information
392 about known plugins: get_plugins_of_type() and get_subplugins_of_plugin().
393 * The get_uninstall_url() method of all subclasses of \core\plugininfo\base class is now expected
394 to always return moodle_url. Subclasses can use the new method is_uninstall_allowed()
395 to control the availability of the 'Uninstall' link at the Plugins overview page (previously
396 they would do it by get_uninstall_url() returning null). By default, URL to a new general plugin
397 uninstall tool is returned. Unless the plugin type needs extra steps that can't be handled by
398 plugininfo_xxx::uninstall() method or xmldb_xxx_uninstall() function, this default URL should
399 satisfy all plugin types.
401 Database (DML) layer:
402 * $DB->sql_empty() is deprecated, you have to use sql parameters with empty values instead,
403 please note hardcoding of empty strings in SQL queries breaks execution in Oracle database.
404 * Indexes must not be defined on the same columns as keys, this is now reported as fatal problem.
405 Please note that internally we create indexes instead of foreign keys.
407 YUI changes:
408 * M.util.help_icon has been deprecated. Code should be updated to use moodle-core-popuphelp
409 instead. To do so, remove any existing JS calls to M.util.help_icon from your PHP and ensure
410 that your help link is placed in a span which has the class 'helplink'.
412 === 2.4 ===
414 * Pagelib: Numerous deprecated functions were removed as classes page_base, page_course
415 and page_generic_activity.
416 * use $CFG->googlemapkey3 instead of removed $CFG->googlemapkey and migrate to Google Maps API V3
417 * Function settings_navigation::add_course_editing_links() is completely removed
418 * function global_navigation::format_display_course_content() is removed completely (the
419 functionality is moved to course format class)
420 * in the function global_navigation::load_generic_course_sections() the argument $courseformat is
421 removed
422 * New component and itemid columns in groups_members table - this allows plugin to create protected
423 group memberships using 'xx_yy_allow_group_member_remove' callback and there is also a new restore
424 callback 'xx_yy_restore_group_member()'.
425 * New general role assignment restore plugin callback 'xx_yy_restore_role_assignment()'.
426 * functions get_generic_section_name(), get_all_sections(), add_mod_to_section(), get_all_mods()
427 are deprecated. See their phpdocs in lib/deprecatedlib.php on how to replace them
429 YUI changes:
430 * moodle-enrol-notification has been renamed to moodle-core-notification
431 * YUI2 code must now use 2in3, see http://yuilibrary.com/yui/docs/yui/yui-yui2.html
432 * M.util.init_select_autosubmit() and M.util.init_url_select() have been deprecated. Code using this should be updated
433 to use moodle-core-formautosubmit
435 Unit testing changes:
436 * output debugging() is not sent to standard output any more,
437 use $this->assertDebuggingCalled(), $this->assertDebuggingNotCalled(),
438 $this->getDebuggingMessages() or $this->assertResetDebugging() instead.
440 === 2.3 ===
442 Database layer changes:
443 * objects are not allowed in paramters of DML functions, use explicit casting to strings if necessary
445 Note:
446 * DDL and DML methods which were deprecated in 2.0 have now been removed, they will no longer produce
447 debug messages and will produce fatal errors
449 API changes:
451 * send_stored_file() has changed its interface
452 * deleted several resourcelib_embed_* functions from resourcelib.php
454 === 2.2 ===
456 removed unused libraries:
457 * odbc, base32, CodeSniffer, overlib, apd profiling, kses, Smarty, PEAR Console, swfobject, cssshover.htc, md5.js
459 API changes:
460 * new admin/tool plugin type
461 * new context API - old API is still available
462 * deleted users do not have context any more
463 * removed global search
466 === 2.1 ===
468 API changes:
469 * basic suport for restore from 1.9
470 * new mobile devices API
471 * new questions API
474 === 2.0 ===
476 API changes:
477 * new DML API - http://docs.moodle.org/dev/DML_functions
478 * new DDL API - http://docs.moodle.org/dev/DDL_functions
479 * new file API - http://docs.moodle.org/dev/File_API
480 * new $PAGE and $OUTPUT API
481 * new navigation API
482 * new theme API - http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Theme_changes_in_2.0
483 * new javascript API - http://docs.moodle.org/dev/JavaScript_usage_guide
484 * new portfolio API
485 * new local plugin type
486 * new translation support - http://lang.moodle.org
487 * new web service API
488 * new cohorts API
489 * new messaging API
490 * new rating API
491 * new comment API
492 * new sessions API
493 * new enrolment API
494 * new backup/restore API
495 * new blocks API
496 * new filters API
497 * improved plugin support (aka Frankenstyle)
498 * new registration and hub API
499 * new course completion API
500 * new plagiarism API
501 * changed blog API
502 * new text editor API
503 * new my moodle and profiles API