moodle/user/UPGRADING.md

core_user (subsystem) Upgrade notes

4.5rc1

Added

• New \core_user\hook\extend_user_menu hook added to allow third party plugin to extend the user menu navigation

  For more information see MDL-71823

• New \core_user\hook\extend_default_homepage hook added to allow third-party plugins to extend the default homepage options for the site

  For more information see MDL-82066

Changed

• The visibility of the methods: check_access_for_dynamic_submission() and get_options() in \core_user\form\private_files has been changed from protected to public.

  For more information see MDL-78293

• The user profile field display_name() method now accepts an optional $escape parameter to define whether to escape the returned name

  For more information see MDL-82494

Deprecated

• The participants_search::get_total_participants_count() is no longer used since the total count can be obtained from ::get_participants()

  For more information see MDL-78030