UPGRADING.md

Moodle Upgrade notes

This file contains important information for developers on changes to the Moodle codebase.

More detailed information on key changes can be found in the Developer update notes for your version of Moodle.

The format of this change log follows the advice given at Keep a CHANGELOG.

5.0dev

core

Changed

• All uses of the following PHPUnit methods have been removed as these methods are deprecated upstream without direct replacement:

  • withConsecutive
  • willReturnConsecutive
  • onConsecutive

  Any plugin using these methods must update their uses.

  For more information see MDL-81308

Removed

• moodle_process_email() has been deprecated with the removal of the unused and non-functioning admin/process_email.php.

  For more information see MDL-61232

core_enrol

Changed

• The after_user_enrolled hook now contains a roleid property to allow for listeners to determine which role was assigned during user enrolment (if any)

  The base enrolment enrol_plugin::send_course_welcome_message_to_user method also now accepts a $roleid parameter in order to correctly populate the courserole placeholder

  For more information see MDL-83432

core_reportbuilder

Added

• New get_deprecated_tables method in base entity, to be overridden when an entity no longer uses a table (due to column/filter re-factoring, etc) in order to avoid breaking third-party reports

  For more information see MDL-78118

Changed

• The get_active_conditions method of the base report class has a new $checkavailable parameter to determine whether to check the returned conditions availability

  For more information see MDL-82809

Removed

• The following deprecated report entity elements have been removed:

  • comment:context
  • comment:contexturl
  • enrolment:method (plus enrolment formatter enrolment_name method)
  • 'enrolment:role`
  • file:context
  • file:contexturl
  • instance:context (tag)
  • instance:contexturl (tag)

  Use of the context table is also deprecated in the file and instance (tag) entities

  For more information see MDL-78118

mod_feedback

Deprecated

• The 'mode' parameter has been deprecated from 'edit_template_action_bar' and 'templates_table' contructors.

  For more information see MDL-81744

Removed

• The 'use_template' template has been removed as it is not needed anymore.

  For more information see MDL-81744

mod_h5pactivity

Changed

• The external function get_user_attempts now returns the total number of attempts.

  For more information see MDL-82775

4.5

core

Added

• A new method, \core_user::get_name_placeholders(), has been added to return an array of user name fields.

  For more information see MDL-64148

• 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

• Redis session cache has been improved to make a single call where two were used before.

  For more information see MDL-69684

• Added stored progress bars

  For more information see MDL-70854

• Two new functions have been introduced in the \moodle_database class:

  • \moodle_database::get_counted_records_sql()
  • \moodle_database::get_counted_recordset_sql()

  These methods are compatible with all databases.

  They will check the current running database engine and apply the COUNT window function if it is supported, otherwise, they will use the usual COUNT function.

  The COUNT window function optimization is applied to the following databases:

  • PostgreSQL
  • MariaDB
  • Oracle

  Note: MySQL and SQL Server do not use this optimization due to insignificant performance differences before and after the improvement.

  For more information see MDL-78030

• The after_config() callback has been converted to a hook, \core\hook\after_config.

  For more information see MDL-79011

• The \core\output\select_menu widget now supports rendering dividers between menu options. Empty elements (null or empty strings) within the array of options are considered and rendered as dividers in the dropdown menu.

  For more information see MDL-80747

• The \core\output\select_menu widget now supports a new feature: inline labels. You can render the label inside the combobox widget by passing true to the $inlinelabel parameter when calling the ->set_label() method.

  For more information see MDL-80747

• A new hook called \core\hook\output\after_http_headers has been created. This hook allow plugins to modify the content after headers are sent.

  For more information see MDL-80890

• The following classes have been renamed. Existing classes are currently unaffected.

  Old class name	New class name
  \core_user	\core\user

  For more information see MDL-81031

• 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

• Added a new 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 are now also available in the \core\ namespace and support autoloading:

  Old class name	New class name
  \emoticon_manager	\core\emoticon_manager
  \lang_string	\core\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

• A new method, \core\output\::get_deprecated_icons(), has been added to the icon_system class. All deprecated icons should be registered through this method. Plugins can implement a callback to pluginname_get_deprecated_icons() to register their deprecated icons too. When $CFG->debugpageinfo is enabled, a console message will display a list of the deprecated icons.

  For more information see MDL-82212

• Two new optional parameters have been added to the \core\output\notification constructor:

  • null|string $title - null|string $icon

  For more information see MDL-82297

• A new method, \url_select::set_disabled_option(), has been added to enable or disable an option from its url (the key for the option).

  For more information see MDL-82490

• A new static method, \advanced_testcase::get_fixture_path(), has been added to enable unit tests to fetch the path to a fixture.

  For more information see MDL-82627

• A new static method, \advanced_testcase::get_mocked_http_client(), has been added to allow unit tests to mock the \core\http_client and update the DI container.

  For more information see MDL-82627

• The Moodle autoloader should now be registered using \core\component::register_autoloader rather than manually doing so in any exceptional location which requires it. Note: It is not normally necessary to include the autoloader manually, as it is registered automatically when the Moodle environment is bootstrapped.

  For more information see MDL-82747

• A new JS module for interacting with the Routed REST API has been introduced. For more information see the documentation in the core/fetch module.

  For more information see MDL-82778

• The \section_info class now includes a new method \section_info::get_sequence_cm_infos() that retrieves all \cm_info instances associated with the course section.

  For more information see MDL-82845

• When rendering a renderable located within a namespace, the namespace will now be included in the renderer method name with double-underscores separating the namespace parts.

  Note: Only those renderables within an output namespace will be considered, for example \core\output\action_menu\link and only the parts of the namespace after output will be included.

  The following are examples of the new behaviour:

  Renderable name	Renderer method name
  \core\output\action_menu\link	render_action_menu__link
  \core\output\action_menu\link_primary	render_action_menu__link_primary
  \core\output\action\menu\link	render_action__menu__link
  \core\output\user_menu\link	render_user_menu__link

  For more information see MDL-83164

Changed

• The minimum Redis server version is now 2.6.12. The minimum PHP Redis extension version is now 2.2.4.

  For more information see MDL-69684

• 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() function can now return new constant HOMEPAGE_URL, applicable when a third-party hook has extended the default homepage options for the site.

  A new function, \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

Deprecated

• The following method has been deprecated and should no longer be used: reset_password_and_mail. Please consider using setnew_password_and_mail as a replacement.

  For more information see MDL-64148

• • The following methods have been finally deprecated and removed:
    • \plagiarism_plugin::get_configs()
    • \plagiarism_plugin::get_file_results()
    • \plagiarism_plugin::update_status(), please use {plugin name}_before_standard_top_of_body_html instead.
  • Final deprecation and removal of \plagiarism_get_file_results(). Please use \plagiarism_get_links() instead.
  • Final deprecation and removal of \plagiarism_update_status(). Please use \{plugin name}_before_standard_top_of_body_html() instead.

  For more information see MDL-71326

• \moodle_list and \list_item were only used by qbank_managecategories, and these usages have been removed, so these classes, and the lib/listlib.php file have now been deprecated. This method was the only usage of the QUESTION_PAGE_LENGTH constant, which was defined in question_category_object.php, and so is also now deprecated.

  For more information see MDL-72397

• The $timeout property of the \navigation_cache class has been deprecated.

  For more information see MDL-79628

• The following classes are deprecated as they are handled by core_sms API and smsgateway_aws plugin:

  • \core\aws\admin_settings_aws_region
  • \core\aws\aws_helper
  • \core\aws\client_factory

  For more information see MDL-80962

• The following methods have been deprecated, existing usage should switch to use the secure \core\encryption::encrypt() and \core\encryption::decrypt() static methods:

  • \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 functions have been initially 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

• The global_navigation::load_section_activities method is now deprecated and replaced by global_navigation::load_section_activities_navigation.

  For more information see MDL-82845

• The following renderer methods have been deprecated from the core renderer:

  method	replacement
  render_action_menu_link	render_action_menu__link
  render_action_menu_link_primary	render_action_menu__link_primary
  render_action_menu_link_secondary	render_action_menu__link_secondary
  render_action_menu_filler	render_action_menu__filler

  For more information see MDL-83164

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(). Please use the \moodle_exception class instead.

  For more information see MDL-74484

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

  For more information see MDL-74843

• Support for the deprecated block and activity namespaces <component>\local\views\secondary, which supported the overriding of secondary navigation, has now been entirely removed.

  For more information see MDL-74939

• Remove deprecation layer for YUI JS Events. The deprecation layer was introduced with MDL-70990 and MDL-72291.

  For more information see MDL-77167

Fixed

• The \navigation_cache class now uses the Moodle Universal Cache (MUC) to store the navigation cache data instead of storing it in the global $SESSION variable.

  For more information see MDL-79628

• All the setUp() and tearDown() 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

core_availability

Removed

• The previously deprecated renderer render_core_availability_multiple_messages method has been removed.

  For more information see MDL-82223

core_backup

Removed

• The \core_backup\copy\copy class has been deprecated and removed. Please use \copy_helper instead.

  For more information see MDL-75022

• The following methods in the \base_controller class have been removed:

  Method	Replacement
  \base_controller::set_copy()	Use a restore controller for storing copy information instead.
  \base_controller::get_copy()	\restore_controller::get_copy()

  For more information see MDL-75025

core_badges

Added

• The following new webservices have been added:

  • core_badges_enable_badges

  • core_badges_disable_badges

  For more information see MDL-82168

Changed

• New fields have been added to the return structure of the core_badges_get_user_badge_by_hash and core_badges_get_user_badges external functions:

  • recipientid: The ID of the user who received the badge.
  • recipientfullname: The full name of the user who received the badge.

  For more information see MDL-82742

Deprecated

• The badges/newbadge.php page has been deprecated and merged with badges/edit.php. Please, use badges/edit.php instead.

  For more information see MDL-43938

• The OPEN_BADGES_V1 constant is deprecated and should not be used anymore.

  For more information see MDL-70983

• The course_badges systemreport has been deprecated and merged with the badges systemreport. Please, use the badges systemreport instead.

  For more information see MDL-82503

• The $showmanage parameter to the \core_badges\output\standard_action_bar constructor has been deprecated and should not be used anymore.

  For more information see MDL-82503

• The badges/view.php page has been deprecated and merged with badges/index.php. Please, use badges/index.php instead.

  For more information see MDL-82503

Removed

• Final removal of BADGE_BACKPACKAPIURL and BADGE_BACKPACKWEBURL constants.

  For more information see MDL-70983

core_cache

Added

• The following classes have been renamed and now support autoloading.

  Existing classes are currently unaffected.

  Old class name	New class name
  \cache_definition	\core_cache\definition
  \cache_request	\core_cache\request_cache
  \cache_session	\core_cache\session_cache
  \cache_cached_object	\core_cache\cached_object
  \cache_config	\core_cache\config
  \cache_config_writer	\core_cache\config_writer
  \cache_config_disabled	\core_cache\disabled_config
  \cache_disabled	\core_cache\disabled_cache
  \config_writer	\core_cache\config_writer
  \cache_data_source	\core_cache\data_source_interface
  \cache_data_source_versionable	\core_cache\versionable_data_source_interface
  \cache_exception	\core_cache\exception/cache_exception
  \cache_factory	\core_cache\factory
  \cache_factory_disabled	\core_cache\disabled_factory
  \cache_helper	\core_cache\helper
  \cache_is_key_aware	\core_cache\key_aware_cache_interface
  \cache_is_lockable	\core_cache\lockable_cache_interface
  \cache_is_searchable	\core_cache\searchable_cache_interface
  \cache_is_configurable	\core_cache\configurable_cache_interface
  \cache_loader	\core_cache\loader_interface
  \cache_loader_with_locking	\core_cache\loader_with_locking_interface
  \cache_lock_interface	\core_cache\cache_lock_interface
  \cache_store	\core_cache\store
  \cache_store_interface	\core_cache\store_interface
  \cache_ttl_wrapper	\core_cache\ttl_wrapper
  \cacheable_object	\core_cache\cacheable_object_interface
  \cacheable_object_array	\core_cache\cacheable_object_array
  \cache_definition_mappings_form	\core_cache\form/cache_definition_mappings_form
  \cache_definition_sharing_form	\core_cache\form/cache_definition_sharing_form
  \cache_lock_form	\core_cache\form/cache_lock_form
  \cache_mode_mappings_form	\core_cache\form/cache_mode_mappings_form

  For more information see MDL-82158

core_communication

Changed

• The \core_communication\helper::get_enrolled_users_for_course() method now accepts an additional argument that can filter only active enrolments.

  For more information see MDL-81951

core_completion

Added

• A new FEATURE_COMPLETION plugin support constant has been added. In the future, this constant will be used to indicate when a plugin does not allow completion and it is enabled by default.

  For more information see MDL-83008

Changed

• The \core_completion\activity_custom_completion::get_overall_completion_state() method can now also return COMPLETION_COMPLETE_FAIL and not only COMPLETION_COMPLETE and COMPLETION_INCOMPLETE.

  For more information see MDL-81749

core_course

Added

• • New optional sectionNum parameter has been added to activitychooser AMD module initializer.
  • New option sectionnum parameter has been added to get_course_content_items() external function.
  • New optional sectionnum parameter has been added to get_content_items_for_user_in_course() function.

  For more information see MDL-81675

• The core_course_get_courses_by_field web service now accepts a new parameter sectionid to be able to retrieve the course that has the indicated section.

  For more information see MDL-81699

• Added new activitychooserbutton output class to display the activitychooser button. New action_links can be added to the button via hooks converting it into a dropdown.

  For more information see MDL-81767

• New \core_course\hook\before_activitychooserbutton_exported hook added to allow third-party plugins to extend activity chooser button options.

  For more information see MDL-81767

• The following methods have been updated to accept a section name in addition to the section number:

  • \behat_course::i_open_section_edit_menu()
  • \behat_course::i_show_section()
  • \behat_course::i_hide_section(),
  • \behat_course::i_wait_until_section_is_available()
  • \behat_course::show_section_link_exists()
  • \behat_course::hide_section_link_exists()
  • \behat_course::section_exists()

  For more information see MDL-82259

Changed

• The reset course page has been improved. The words "Delete" and "Remove" have been removed from all the options to make it easier to focus on the data to be removed and avoid inconsistencies and duplicated information. Third party plugins implementing reset methods might need to:

  • Add static element in the _reset_course_form_definition method before all the options with the Delete string: $mform->addElement('static', 'assigndelete', get_string('delete'));
  • Review all the strings used in the reset page to remove the "Delete" or "Remove" words from them.

  For more information see MDL-81872

• The external function core_course_get_contents now returns the component and itemid of sections.

  For more information see MDL-82385

Deprecated

• The data-sectionid attribute in the activity chooser has been deprecated. Please update your code to use data-sectionnum instead.

  For more information see MDL-81676

• The $course parameter in the constructor of the \core_course\output\actionbar\group_selector class has been deprecated and is no longer used.

  For more information see MDL-82393

Removed

• The previously deprecated \print_course_request_buttons() method has been removed and can no longer be used.

  For more information see MDL-73976

• The $course class property in the \core_course\output\actionbar\group_selector class has been removed.

  For more information see MDL-82393

core_courseformat

Added

• The constructor of \core_courseformat\output\local\state\cm has been updated to accept a new optional parameter, $istrackeduser. If istrackeduser is pre-computed for the course module's course, it can be provided here to avoid an additional function call.

  For more information see MDL-81610

• Added new core_courseformat_create_module webservice to create new module (with quickcreate feature) instances in the course.

  For more information see MDL-81767

• A new $disabled parameter has been added to the following html_writer methods:

  • \core\output\html_writer::select()
  • \core\output\html_writer::select_optgroup()
  • \core\output\html_writer::select_option()

  For more information see MDL-82146

• A new class, \core_courseformat\output\local\content\basecontrolmenu, has been created. The following existing classes extend the new class:

  • \core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm\controlmenu
  • \core_courseformat\output\local\content\section\controlmenu

  For more information see MDL-82510

• Course sections now use an action menu to display possible actions that a user may take in each section. This action menu is rendered using the \core_courseformat\output\local\content\cm\delegatedcontrolmenu renderable class.

  For more information see MDL-82510

core_customfield

Changed

• The field controller \core_customfield\field_controller::get_formatted_name() method now accepts an optional $escape parameter to define whether to escape the returned name.

  For more information see MDL-82488

core_external

Changed

• The external function core_webservice_external::get_site_info now returns the default home page URL when needed.

  For more information see MDL-82844

core_files

Added

• A new hook, \core_files\hook\after_file_created, has been created to allow the inspection of files after they have been saved in the filesystem.

  For more information see MDL-75850

• A new hook, \core_files\hook\before_file_created, has been created to allow modification of a file immediately before it is stored in the file system.

  For more information see MDL-83245

core_filters

Added

• Added support for autoloading of filters from \filter_[filtername]\filter. Existing classes should be renamed to use the new namespace.

  For more information see MDL-82427

Deprecated

• The \core_filters\filter_manager::text_filtering_hash method has been finally deprecated and removed.

  For more information see MDL-82427

core_form

Added

• The duration form field type has been modified to validate that the supplied value is a positive value. Previously it could be any numeric value, but every usage of this field in Moodle was expecting a positive value. When a negative value was provided and accepted, subtle bugs could occur. Where a negative duration is allowed, the allownegative attribute can be set to true.

  For more information see MDL-82687

core_grades

Changed

• The grade itemname property contained in the return structure of the following external methods is now PARAM_RAW:

  • core_grades_get_gradeitems
  • gradereport_user_get_grade_items

  For more information see MDL-80017

Deprecated

• The behat step definition \behat_grade::i_confirm_in_search_within_the_gradebook_widget_exists() has been deprecated. Please use \behat_general::i_confirm_in_search_combobox_exists() instead.

  For more information see MDL-80744

• The behat step definition \behat_grade::i_confirm_in_search_within_the_gradebook_widget_does_not_exist() has been deprecated. Please use \behat_general::i_confirm_in_search_combobox_does_not_exist() instead.

  For more information see MDL-80744

• The behat step definition \behat_grade::i_click_on_in_search_widget() has been deprecated. Please use \behat_general::i_click_on_in_search_combobox() instead.

  For more information see MDL-80744

• The \core_grades_renderer::group_selector() method has been deprecated. Please use \core_course\output\actionbar\renderer to render a group_selector renderable instead.

  For more information see MDL-80745

Removed

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

  • \behat_grade::select_in_gradebook_navigation_selector()
  • \behat_grade::select_in_gradebook_tabs()

  For more information see MDL-74581

core_message

Changed

• The \core_message\helper::togglecontact_link_params() method now accepts a new optional $isrequested parameter to indicate the status of the contact request.

  For more information see MDL-81428

Deprecated

• The core_message/remove_contact_button template is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

  For more information see MDL-81428

Removed

• Final deprecation of the MESSAGE_DEFAULT_LOGGEDOFF, and MESSAGE_DEFAULT_LOGGEDIN constants.

  For more information see MDL-73284

core_question

Added

• A new utility function \question_utils::format_question_fragment() has been created so that question content can filter based on filters.

  For more information see MDL-78662

Changed

• \core_question\local\bank\column_base::from_column_name() method now accepts a bool $ingoremissing parameter, which can be used to ignore if the class does not exist, instead of throwing an exception.

  For more information see MDL-81407

core_report

Added

• Report has been added to subsystem components list.

  For more information see MDL-81771

• A new general output class, \core_report\output\coursestructure, has been created.

  For more information see MDL-81771

Changed

• The \core\report_helper::print_report_selector() method accepts a new `$additional`` argument for adding content to the tertiary navigation to align with the report selector.

  For more information see MDL-78773

Removed

• The previously deprecated \core\report_helper::save_selected_report() method has been removed and can no longer be used.

  For more information see MDL-72353

core_reportbuilder

Added

• The return type of the set_checkbox_toggleall callback, defined by system reports, can now be null. Use if the checkbox should not be shown for the row.

  For more information see MDL-52046

• System reports now support native entity column aggregation via each columns set_aggregation() method

  For more information see MDL-76392

• The following external methods now return tags data relevant to each custom report:

  • core_reportbuilder_list_reports
  • core_reportbuilder_retrieve_report

  For more information see MDL-81433

• Added a new database helper method sql_replace_parameters to help ensure uniqueness of parameters within a SQL expression.

  For more information see MDL-81434

• A new static method, \core_reportbuilder\local\helpers\format::format_time(), has been added for use in column callbacks that represent a duration of time (for example "3 days 4 hours").

  For more information see MDL-82466

• The following methods have been moved from \core_reportbuilder\datasource class to its parent class \core_reportbuilder\base to make them available for use in system reports:

  • add_columns_from_entity()
  • add_filters_from_entity()
  • report_element_search()

  For more information see MDL-82529

Changed

• In order to better support float values in filter forms, the following filter types now cast given SQL prior to comparison:

  • duration
  • filesize
  • number

  For more information see MDL-81168

• The base datasource \core_reportbuilder\datasource::add_all_from_entities() method accepts a new optional array $entitynames parameter to specify which entities to add elements from.

  For more information see MDL-81330

• All time-related code has been updated to the PSR-20 Clock interface, as such the following methods no longer accept a $timenow parameter (instead please use \core\clock dependency injection):

  • core_reportbuilder_generator::create_schedule
  • core_reportbuilder\local\helpers\schedule::create_schedule()
  • core_reportbuilder\local\helpers\schedule::calculate_next_send_time()

  For more information see MDL-82041

• The following classes have been moved to use the new exception API as a L2 namespace:

  Old class	New class
  \core_reportbuilder\report_access_exception	\core_reportbuilder\exception\report_access_exception
  \core_reportbuilder\source_invalid_exception	\core_reportbuilder\exception\source_invalid_exception
  \core_reportbuilder\source_unavailable_exception	\core_reportbuilder\exception\source_unavailable_exception

  For more information see MDL-82133

Removed

• Support for the following entity classes, renamed since 4.1, have now been removed completely:

  • \core_admin\local\entities\task_log
  • \core_cohort\local\entities\cohort
  • \core_cohort\local\entities\cohort_member
  • \core_course\local\entities\course_category
  • \report_configlog\local\entities\config_change

  For more information see MDL-74583

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

  • \core_reportbuilder\local\helpers\audience::get_all_audiences_menu_types()
  • \core_reportbuilder\local\helpers\report::get_available_columns()

  For more information see MDL-76690

core_role

Added

• All session management has been moved to the \core\session\manager class. This removes the dependancy to use the sessions table.

  Session management plugins (like Redis) should now inherit the base \core\session\handler class, which implements SessionHandlerInterface, and override methods as required.

  The following methods in \core\session\manager have been deprecated:

  Old method name	New method name
  kill_all_sessions	destroy_all
  kill_session	destroy
  kill_sessions_for_auth_plugin	destroy_by_auth_plugin
  kill_user_sessions	destroy_user_sessions

  For more information see MDL-66151

core_sms

Added

• A new \core_sms subsystem has been created.

  For more information see MDL-81924

core_table

Added

• A new $reponsive property (defaulting to true) has been added to the \core_table\flexible_table class. This property allows you to control whether the table is rendered as a responsive table.

  For more information see MDL-80748

Changed

• The \core_table\dynamic class declares a new method ::has_capability() to allow classes implementing this interface to perform access checks on the dynamic table. Note: This is a breaking change. All implementations of the \core_table\dynamic table interface must implement the new has_capability(): bool method for continued functionality.

  For more information see MDL-82567

core_user

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

availability

Changed

• The base class \core_availability\info::get_groups() method now accepts a $userid parameter to specify which user you want to retrieve course groups (defaults to current user).

  For more information see MDL-81850

customfield_number

Added

• A new hook, \customfield_number\hook\add_custom_providers, has been added which allows automatic calculation of number course custom field.

  For more information see MDL-82715

• A new class, \customfield_number\local\numberproviders\nofactivities, has been added that allows to automatically calculate number of activities of a given type in a given course.

  For more information see MDL-82715

• Added new webservice customfield_number_recalculate_value, has been added to recalculate a value of number course custom field.

  For more information see MDL-82715

• A new task, \customfield_number\task\cron, cron task that recalculates automatically calculated number course custom fields.

  For more information see MDL-82715

customfield_select

Changed

• The field controller get_options method now returns each option pre-formatted.

  For more information see MDL-82481

editor_tiny

Changed

• The helplinktext language string is no longer required by editor plugins, instead the pluginname will be used in the help dialogue.

  For more information see MDL-81572

factor_sms

Removed

• The following classes are removed as the SMS feature now takes advantage of core_sms API:

  • \factor_sms\event\sms_sent
  • \factor_sms\local\smsgateway\aws_sns
  • \factor_sms\local\smsgateway\gateway_interface

  For more information see MDL-80962

gradereport_grader

Deprecated

• The gradereport_grader/group ESM has been deprecated. Please use core_course/actionbar/group instead.

  For more information see MDL-80745

gradereport_singleview

Deprecated

• The gradereport_singleview/group ESM has been deprecated. Please use core_course/actionbar/group instead.

  For more information see MDL-80745

gradereport_user

Deprecated

• The gradereport_user/group ESM has been deprecated. Please use core_course/actionbar/group instead.

  For more information see MDL-80745

mod

Added

• Added new FEATURE_QUICKCREATE for modules that can be quickly created in the course wihout filling a previous form.

  For more information see MDL-81767

mod_assign

Added

• Added 2 new settings:

  • mod_assign/defaultgradetype
    • The value of this setting dictates which of the GRADE_TYPE_X constants is the default option when creating new instances of the assignment.
    • The default value is GRADE_TYPE_VALUE (Point)
  • mod_assign/defaultgradescale
    • The value of this setting dictates which of the existing scales is the default option when creating new instances of the assignment.

  For more information see MDL-54105

• A new web service called mod_assign_remove_submission has been created to remove the submission for a specific user ID and assignment activity ID.

  For more information see MDL-74050

• A new default value for attemptreopenmethod has been set to "Automatically until pass".

  For more information see MDL-80741

• A new method, \assign_feedback_plugin::get_grading_batch_operation_details(), has been added to the assign_feedback_plugin abstract class. Assignment feedback plugins can now override this method to define bulk action buttons that will appear in the sticky footer on the assignment grading page.

  For more information see MDL-80750

Deprecated

• The constant ASSIGN_ATTEMPT_REOPEN_METHOD_NONE has been deprecated, and a new default value for attemptreopenmethod has been set to "Automatically until pass".

  For more information see MDL-80741

• The \assign_feedback_plugin::get_grading_batch_operations() method is now deprecated. Use assign_feedback_plugin::get_grading_batch_operation_details instead.

  For more information see MDL-80750

• The \assign_grading_table::plugingradingbatchoperations property has been removed. You can use \assign_feedback_plugin::get_grading_batch_operation_details() instead.

  For more information see MDL-80750

• The $submissionpluginenabled and $submissioncount parameters from the constructor of the \mod_assign\output::grading_actionmenu class have been deprecated.

  For more information see MDL-80752

• The method \assign::process_save_grading_options() has been deprecated as it is no longer used.

  For more information see MDL-82681

Removed

• The default option "Never" for the attemptreopenmethod setting, which disallowed multiple attempts at the assignment, has been removed. This option was unnecessary because limiting attempts to 1 through the maxattempts setting achieves the same behavior.

  For more information see MDL-80741

• The \mod_assign_grading_options_form class has been removed since it is no longer used.

  For more information see MDL-82857

mod_bigbluebuttonbn

Added

• Added new meeting_info value to show presentation file on BBB activity page

  For more information see MDL-82520

• The broker::process_meeting_events() method has been extended to call the ::process_action() method implemented by plugins.

  For more information see MDL-82872

Removed

• Mobile support via plugin has been removed as it is now natively available in the Moodle App.

  For more information see MDL-82447

mod_data

Added

• The \data_add_record() method accepts a new $approved parameter to set the corresponding state of the new record.

  For more information see MDL-81274

Deprecated

• The \mod_data_renderer::render_fields_footer() method has been deprecated as it's no longer used.

  For more information see MDL-81321

mod_feedback

Deprecated

• The \feedback_check_is_switchrole() function has been deprecated as it didn't work.

  For more information see MDL-72424

• The method \mod_feedback\output\renderer::create_template_form() has been deprecated. It is not used anymore.

  For more information see MDL-81742

mod_quiz

Added

• The following methods of the quiz_overview_report class now take a new optional $slots parameter used to only regrade some slots in each attempt (default all):

  • \quiz_overview_report::regrade_attempts()
  • \quiz_overview_report::regrade_batch_of_attempts()

  For more information see MDL-79546

qbank_managecategories

Changed

• The \qbank_managecategories\question_category_object class has been deprecated. Methods previously part of this class have been moved to either

  • \qbank_managecategories\question_categories, for the parts used within this plugin for display a list of categories; or

  \core_question\category_manager, for the parts used for generate CRUD operations on question categories, including outside of this plugin.

  This change will allow \qbank_managecategories\question_category_object to be deprecated, and avoids other parts of the system wishing to manipulate question categories from having to violate cross-component communication rules.

  For more information see MDL-72397

Deprecated

• Category lists are now generated by templates. The following classes have been deprecated:

  • \qbank_managecategories\question_category_list
  • \qbank_managecategories\question_category_list_item

  For more information see MDL-72397

• The following methods of \qbank_managecategories\helperhave been deprecated and moved to \core_question\category_manager:

  Method	Replacement
  question_is_only_child_of_top_category_in_context	\core_question\category_manager::is_only_child_of_top_category_in_context
  question_is_top_category	\core_question\category_manager::is_top_category
  question_can_delete_cat	\core_question\category_manager::can_delete_cat

  For more information see MDL-72397

• \qbank_managecategories\question_category_object is now completely deprecated. Its methods have either been migrated to \qbank_managecategories\question_categories, \core_question\category_manager, or are no longer used at all.

  For more information see MDL-72397

report_eventlist

Deprecated

• The following deprecated methods in report_eventlist_list_generator have been removed:

  • \report_eventlist_list_generator::get_core_events_list()
  • \report_eventlist_list_generator::get_non_core_event_list()

  For more information see MDL-72786

report_log

Added

• The \report_log_renderable::get_activities_list() method return values now includes an array of disabled elements, in addition to the array of activities.

  For more information see MDL-82146

repository_onedrive

Removed

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

  • \repository_onedrive::can_import_skydrive_files()
  • \repository_onedrive::import_skydrive_files()

  For more information see MDL-72620

theme

Added

• Added a new \renderer_base::get_page getter method.

  For more information see MDL-81597

• New core/context_header mustache template has been added. This template can be overridden by themes to modify the context header.

  For more information see MDL-81597

Deprecated

• The method \core\output\core_renderer::render_context_header has been deprecated please use \core\output\core_renderer::render($contextheader) instead

  For more information see MDL-82160

Removed

• Removed all references to iconhelp, icon-pre, icon-post, iconlarge, and iconsort CSS classes.

  For more information see MDL-74251

theme_boost

Added

• Bridged theme-color-level using a new shift-color function to prepare for its deprecation in Boostrap 5.

  For more information see MDL-81816

• Upon upgrading Font Awesome from version 4 to 6, the solid family was selected by default.

  Support for the regular, and brands families of icons has now been added, allowing icons defined with \core\outut\icon_system::FONTAWESOME to use them.

  Icons can select the FontAwesome family (fa-regular, fa-brands, fa-solid) by using the relevant class name when display the icon.

  For more information see MDL-82210

Changed

• The Bootstrap .no-gutters class is no longer used, use .g-0 instead.

  For more information see MDL-81818

• The .page-header-headings CSS class now has a background colour applied to the maintenance and secure layouts. You may need to override this class in your maintenance and secure layouts if both of the following are true:

  • Your theme plugin inherits from theme_boost and uses this CSS class
  • Your theme plugin applies a different styling for the page header for the maintenance and secure layouts.

  For more information see MDL-83047

tool

Removed

• The Convert to InnoDB plugin (tool_innodb) has been completely removed.

  For more information see MDL-78776

tool_behat

Added

• Behat tests are now checking for deprecated icons. This check can be disabled by using the --no-icon-deprecations option in the behat CLI.

  For more information see MDL-82212

tool_oauth2

Added

• The \core\oautuh2\client::get_additional_login_parameters() method now supports adding the language code to the authentication request so that the OAuth2 login page matches the language in Moodle.

  For more information see MDL-67554