3 This file has been replaced by UPGRADING.md. See MDL-81125 for further information.
6 This files describes API changes in /calendar/* ,
7 information provided here is intended especially for developers.
10 * The following previously deprecated methods have been removed and can no longer be used:
11 - `calendar_process_subscription_row`
12 - `calendar_import_icalendar_events`
13 - `fake_block_threemonths`
14 - `i_click_day_of_this_month_in_calendar`
15 - `i_hover_over_today_in_the_calendar`
16 * The following previously deprecated files have been removed and can no longer be used:
17 - `calendar_threemonth.js`
18 - `calendar_threemonth.mustache`
19 - `threemonth_month.mustache`
20 * The following have been deprecated:
21 - Behat step definition `i_hover_over_today_in_the_calendar`
22 * The event_exporter_base class now returns a field called "branded" indicating whether the module is branded or not.
23 All the external functions using the exporter will now return the new field:
24 - core_calendar_get_action_events_by_course
25 - core_calendar_get_action_events_by_courses
26 - core_calendar_get_action_events_by_timesort
27 - core_calendar_get_calendar_day_view
28 - core_calendar_get_calendar_event_by_id
29 - core_calendar_get_calendar_monthly_view
30 - core_calendar_get_calendar_upcoming_view
31 - core_calendar_submit_create_update_form
32 - core_calendar_update_event_start_day
35 * The `navigation` property has been removed from `\core_calendar\external\day_exporter` as it is not being used by any of the
37 * The following functions have been deprecated and should no longer be used:
38 - calendar_top_controls()
39 - calendar_get_link_previous()
40 - calendar_get_link_next()
43 * New method `calendar_format_event_location` which will format the location property of an event, converting any
44 links into suitable markup
47 * The following external functions now accepts an optional parameter 'searchvalue' to search the events:
48 - core_calendar_external::get_calendar_action_events_by_timesort
49 - core_calendar_external::get_calendar_action_events_by_courses
50 - core_calendar_external::get_calendar_action_events_by_course
51 * Added core_calendar_delete_subscription, which allows to delete the calendar subscription.
52 * Updated calendar_can_manage_user_event() function to check permissions to user events.
53 * The following functions have been deprecated because they were no longer used:
54 - calendar_process_subscription_row()
55 - calendar_import_icalendar_events()
56 * The following has been removed after being deprecated in 3.8
57 * CALENDAR_EVENT_GLOBAL
58 * The following have been deprecated because the three-month pseudo block has been removed:
59 - fake_block_threemonths() renderer method.
60 - calendar_threemonth.js.
61 - calendar_threemonth and threemonth_month templates.
62 - Behat step definitions i_hover_over_day_of_this_month_in_calendar and i_click_day_of_this_month_in_calendar.
65 * The core_calendar\local\event\value_objects\times_interface class now has new method get_usermidnight_time() which
66 returns the user midnight time for a given event.
69 * Plugins can now create their own calendar events, both standard and action ones. To do it they need to specify
70 $event->component when creating an event. Component events can not be edited or deleted manually.
71 See https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/core/calendar#component-events
72 * The following functions have been deprecated because they were no longer used:
73 - calendar_add_event_metadata()
74 - core_calendar_renderer::event()
77 * The following functions have been finally deprecated and can not be used anymore:
78 * calendar_wday_name()
79 * calendar_get_block_upcoming()
80 * calendar_print_month_selector()
83 * calendar_get_upcoming()
84 * Added core_calendar_external::get_timestamps(), which allows an array containing an arbitrary number of arrays of
85 date/time data to be converted and returned as timestamps, along with an optional key.
88 * calendar_get_default_courses() function now has optional $userid parameter.
89 * calendar_set_filters() function now has optional $user parameter.
90 * The core_calendar\local\event\container class now provides two new helper methods for getting and setting the requesting user:
91 set_requesting_user() and get_requesting_user().
92 * The following functions have been finally deprecated and can not be used anymore:
93 * calendar_preferences_button()
94 * added core_calendar_get_valid_event_timestart_range callback for course events when the update_event_start_day function is used
98 * core_calendar_external::get_calendar_events now returns the categoryid for category events.
101 * calendar_get_mini, and calendar_get_upcoming have been deprecated. Please update to use the new exporters and renderers.
102 * added core_calendar_get_valid_event_timestart_range and core_calendar_event_timestart_updated callbacks for module events
103 when the update_event_start_day function is used in the local api.
106 * calendar_event_hook() has been removed. Developers should be using the Moodle events system to achieve this behaviour,
107 rather than using a hacky calendar specific implementation.
108 * calendar_wday_name() is deprecated and no longer used in core.
109 * calendar_get_block_upcoming() is deprecated, please use block_calendar_upcoming::get_upcoming_content() instead.
110 * calendar_print_month_selector() is deprecated and no longer used in core.
111 * calendar_cron() is deprecated and should not be used. Please use the core\task\calendar_cron_task instead.
114 * calendar_preferences_button() is now deprecated. Calendar preferences have been moved to the user preferences page.
117 default values changes in code:
118 * core_calendar_external::get_calendar_events_parameters() 'timeend' default option changed; now, by default,
119 all events are returned, not only the past ones.
120 * calendar types need to be updated to be compatible with standard PHP date/time code
123 required changes in code:
124 * calendar_add_icalendar_event() now requires a valid subscriptionid
125 * calendar_process_subscription_row() throws exception for invalid subscriptionid
126 * calendar_update_subscription_events() now throws a dml_exception instead of moodle_exception for bad subscriptions
127 * calendar_get_mini() function now has optional $placement and $courseid paramaters.
129 optional - no changes needed:
130 * calendar_update_subscription() should now be used to update Ical subscriptions.
134 required changes in code:
136 * calendar_get_popup() function now just returns id, instead of the string "id=$id"