core_user (subsystem) Upgrade notes

5.2

Added

• Added new optional parameter userid to the user_remove_user_device function.

  For more information see MDL-87795

Deprecated

• The MoodleNet profile field has been migrated from a core user table field to a custom profile field. Any existing moodlenetprofile data will be automatically migrated to a custom profile field during upgrade. The core moodlenetprofile column will be removed from the user table.

  For more information see MDL-87361

Removed

• • The \profile_field_base::profile_field_base() has been removed from public/user/profile/lib.php.
  • The \core_user_renderer::unified_filter() has been removed from public/user/renderer.php.

  For more information see MDL-87426

5.1

Added

• New method \core_user::get_dummy_fullname(...) for returning dummy user fullname comprised of configured name fields only

  For more information see MDL-82132

5.0

Removed

• Final removal of the following user preference helpers, please use the core_user/repository module instead:

  • user_preference_allow_ajax_update
  • M.util.set_user_preference
  • lib/ajax/setuserpref.php

  For more information see MDL-79124

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