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