moodle/user/UPGRADING.md

core_user (subsystem) Upgrade notes

4.5

Added

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

  For more information see MDL-71823

• A new hook, \core_user\hook\extend_default_homepage, has been 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 following methods have been increased to public:

  • \core_user\form\private_files::check_access_for_dynamic_submission()
  • \core_user\form\private_files::get_options()

  For more information see MDL-78293

• The user profile field \profile_field_base::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 \core_user\table\participants_search::get_total_participants_count() is no longer used since the total count can be obtained from \core_user\table\participants_search::get_participants().

  For more information see MDL-78030