moodle/lib/UPGRADING.md

core (subsystem) Upgrade notes

4.5dev

Removed

• The previously deprecated function search_generate_text_SQL has been removed and can no longer be used.

  For more information see MDL-48940

• The previously deprecated function core_text::reset_caches() has been removed and can no longer be used.

  For more information see MDL-71748

• The following previously deprecated methods have been removed and can no longer be used:

  • renderer_base::should_display_main_logo

  For more information see MDL-73165

• Final deprecation of print_error(). Use moodle_exception instead.

  For more information see MDL-74484

• Final deprecation of \core\task\manager::ensure_adhoc_task_qos()

  For more information see MDL-74843

Added

• The following classes have been renamed and now support autoloading. Existing classes are currently unaffected.

  Old class name	New class name
  \core_component	\core\component

  For more information see MDL-66903

• Added the ability for unit tests to autoload classes in the \[component]\tests\ namespace from the [path/to/component]/tests/classes directory.

  For more information see MDL-66903

• Added a helper to load fixtures from a components tests/fixtures/ folder:

  advanced_testcase::load_fixture(string $component, string $fixture): void;
  

  For more information see MDL-66903

• New DML constant SQL_INT_MAX to define the size of a large integer with cross database platform support

  For more information see MDL-81282

• The function update_display_mode will update the eye icon (enabled/disabled) in the availability. The $pluginname is represented to the plugin need to update. The $displaymode is represented to the eye icon. Whether it enabled or disabled.

  For more information see MDL-81533

• Added an exception L2 Namespace to APIs

  For more information see MDL-81903

• Added a mechanism to support autoloading of legacy class files. This will help to reduce the number of require_once calls in the codebase, and move away from the use of monolithic libraries.

  For more information see MDL-81919

• The following exceptions are now also available in the \core\exception namespace:

  • \coding_exception
  • \file_serving_exception
  • \invalid_dataroot_permissions
  • \invalid_parameter_exception
  • \invalid_response_exception
  • \invalid_state_exception
  • \moodle_exception
  • \require_login_exception
  • \require_login_session_timeout_exception
  • \required_capability_exception
  • \webservice_parameter_exception

  For more information see MDL-81919

• The following classes have been moved into the \core namespace and now support autoloading:

  • emoticon_manager
  • lang_string

  For more information see MDL-81920

• The following classes have been renamed and now support autoloading. Existing classes are currently unaffected.

  Old class name	New class name
  \moodle_url	\core\url
  \progress_trace	\core\output\progress_trace
  \combined_progress_trace	\core\output\progress_trace\combined_progress_trace
  \error_log_progress_trace	\core\output\progress_trace\error_log_progress_trace
  \html_list_progress_trace	\core\output\progress_trace\html_list_progress_trace
  \html_progress_trace	\core\output\progress_trace\html_progress_trace
  \null_progress_trace	\core\output\progress_trace\null_progress_trace
  \progress_trace_buffer	\core\output\progress_trace\progress_trace_buffer
  \text_progress_trace	\core\output\progress_trace\text_progress_trace

  For more information see MDL-81960

• The following classes are now also available in the following new locations. They will continue to work in their old locations:

  Old classname	New classname
  \action_link	\core\output\action_link
  \action_menu_filler	\core\output\action_menu\filler
  \action_menu_link_primary	\core\output\action_menu\link_primary
  \action_menu_link_secondary	\core\output\action_menu\link_secondary
  \action_menu_link	\core\output\action_menu\link
  \action_menu	\core\output\action_menu
  \block_contents	\core_block\output\block_contents
  \block_move_target	\core_block\output\block_move_target
  \component_action	\core\output\actions\component_action
  \confirm_action	\core\output\actions\confirm_action
  \context_header	\core\output\context_header
  \core\output\local\action_menu\subpanel	\core\output\action_menu\subpanel
  \core_renderer_ajax	\core\output\core_renderer_ajax
  \core_renderer_cli	\core\output\core_renderer_cli
  \core_renderer_maintenance	\core\output\core_renderer_maintenance
  \core_renderer	\core\output\core_renderer
  \custom_menu_item	\core\output\custom_menu_item
  \custom_menu	\core\output\custom_menu
  \file_picker	\core\output\file_picker
  \flexible_table	\core_table\flexible_table
  \fragment_requirements_manager	\core\output\requirements\fragment_requirements_manager
  \help_icon	\core\output\help_icon
  \html_table_cell	\core_table\output\html_table_cell
  \html_table_row	\core_table\output\html_table_row
  \html_table	\core_table\output\html_table
  \html_writer	\core\output\html_writer
  \image_icon	\core\output\image_icon
  \initials_bar	\core\output\initials_bar
  \js_writer	\core\output\js_writer
  \page_requirements_manager	\core\output\requirements\page_requirements_manager
  \paging_bar	\core\output\paging_bar
  \pix_emoticon	\core\output\pix_emoticon
  \pix_icon_font	\core\output\pix_icon_font
  \pix_icon_fontawesome	\core\output\pix_icon_fontawesome
  \pix_icon	\core\output\pix_icon
  \plugin_renderer_base	\core\output\plugin_renderer_base
  \popup_action	\core\output\actions\popup_action
  \preferences_group	\core\output\preferences_group
  \preferences_groups	\core\output\preferences_groups
  \progress_bar	\core\output\progress_bar
  \renderable	\core\output\renderable
  \renderer_base	\core\output\renderer_base
  \renderer_factory_base	\core\output\renderer_factory\renderer_factory_base
  \renderer_factory	\core\output\renderer_factory\renderer_factory_interface
  \single_button	\core\output\single_button
  \single_select	\core\output\single_select
  \standard_renderer_factory	\core\output\renderer_factory\standard_renderer_factory
  \table_dataformat_export_format	\core_table\dataformat_export_format
  \table_default_export_format_parent	\core_table\base_export_format
  \table_sql	\core_table\sql_table
  \tabobject	\core\output\tabobject
  \tabtree	\core\output\tabtree
  \templatable	\core\output\templatable
  \theme_config	\core\output\theme_config
  \theme_overridden_renderer_factory	\core\output\renderer_factory\theme_overridden_renderer_factory
  \url_select	\core\output\url_select
  \user_picture	\core\output\user_picture
  \xhtml_container_stack	\core\output\xhtml_container_stack
  \YUI_config	\core\output\requirements\yui

  For more information see MDL-82183

Changed

• The class autoloader has been moved to an earlier point in the Moodle bootstrap. Autoloaded classes are now available to scripts using the ABORT_AFTER_CONFIG constant.

  For more information see MDL-80275

• The \core\dataformat::get_format_instance method is now public, and can be used to retrieve a writer instance for a given dataformat

  For more information see MDL-81781

• The get_home_page() method can now return new constant HOMEPAGE_URL, applicable when a third-party hook has extended the default homepage options for the site A new method, get_default_home_page_url() has been added which will return the correct URL when this constant is returned

  For more information see MDL-82066

Fixed

• All the setup and tear down methods of PHPUnit now are required to, always, call to their parent counterparts. This is a good practice to avoid future problems, especially when updating to PHPUnit >= 10. This includes the following methods:

  • setUp()
  • tearDown()
  • setUpBeforeClass()
  • tearDownAfterClass()

  For more information see MDL-81523

• Use server timezone when constructing \DateTimeImmutable for the system \core\clock implementation.

  For more information see MDL-81894

Deprecated

• The following methods have been deprecated, existing usage should switch to secure \core\encryption library:

  • rc4encrypt
  • rc4decrypt
  • endecrypt

  For more information see MDL-81940

• The following method has been deprecated and should not be used any longer: print_grade_menu.

  For more information see MDL-82157

• The following files and their contents have been deprecated:

  • lib/soaplib.php
  • lib/tokeniserlib.php

  For more information see MDL-82191

• The following methods have been formally deprecated:

  • get_core_subsystems
  • get_plugin_types
  • get_plugin_list
  • get_plugin_list_with_class
  • get_plugin_directory
  • normalize_component
  • get_component_directory
  • get_context_instance Note: These methods have been deprecated for a long time, but previously did not emit any deprecation notice.

  For more information see MDL-82287

• The following methods have been finally deprecated and will now throw an exception if called:

  • get_context_instance
  • can_use_rotated_text
  • get_system_context
  • print_arrow

  For more information see MDL-82287