core_customfield (subsystem) Upgrade notes

5.2

Added

• Added new \core_customfield\api::is_shortname_unique(...) method to determine whether a shortname is available for use inside a given handler

  For more information see MDL-87059

• A new WebService core_customfield_convert_category has been added. It allows the conversion of any entity custom field category to a shared category.

  For more information see MDL-87690

Changed

• The base \core_customfield\handler class now implements static caching/reset itself, so all implementations of the same from extending handler classes should be removed

  For more information see MDL-88176

Deprecated

• The Javascript module core_customfield/repository/toggle_shared has been deprecated. Please, use core_customfield/repository instead.

  For more information see MDL-87690

5.1

Changed

• Added parameters 'component', 'area' and 'itemid' to the api::get_instance_fields_data() and api::get_instances_fields_data() methods. Added a new field 'shared' to the customfield_category DB table. Added 'component', 'area' and 'itemid' fields to the customfield_data DB table. Modified the customfield_data DB table unique index to include the new fields.

  For more information see MDL-86065

5.0

Added

• Added a new custom field exporter to export custom field data in \core_customfield\external\field_data_exporter

  For more information see MDL-83552

4.5

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