Migrating from WoltLab Suite 5.5 - Deprecations and Removals

With version 6.0, we have deprecated certain components and removed several other components that have been deprecated for many years.

Deprecations

PHP

Classes

• wcf\action\AbstractDialogAction (WoltLab/WCF#4947)
• wcf\SensitiveArgument (WoltLab/WCF#4802)
• wcf\system\cli\command\IArgumentedCLICommand (WoltLab/WCF#5185)
• wcf\system\template\plugin\DateModifierTemplatePlugin (WoltLab/WCF#5459)
• wcf\system\template\plugin\TimeModifierTemplatePlugin (WoltLab/WCF#5459)
• wcf\system\template\plugin\PlainTimeModifierTemplatePlugin (WoltLab/WCF#5459)
• wcf\util\CronjobUtil (WoltLab/WCF#4923)

Methods

• wcf\data\cronjob\CronjobAction::executeCronjobs() (WoltLab/WCF#5171)
• wcf\data\package\update\server\PackageUpdateServer::attemptSecureConnection() (WoltLab/WCF#4790)
• wcf\data\package\update\server\PackageUpdateServer::isValidServerURL() (WoltLab/WCF#4790)
• wcf\data\page\Page::setAsLandingPage() (WoltLab/WCF#4842)
• wcf\data\style\Style::getRelativeFavicon() (WoltLab/WCF#5201)
• wcf\system\cli\command\CLICommandHandler::getCommands() (WoltLab/WCF#5185)
• wcf\system\io\RemoteFile::disableSSL() (WoltLab/WCF#4790)
• wcf\system\io\RemoteFile::supportsSSL() (WoltLab/WCF#4790)
• wcf\system\request\RequestHandler::inRescueMode() (WoltLab/WCF#4831)
• wcf\system\session\SessionHandler::getLanguageIDs() (WoltLab/WCF#4839)
• wcf\system\user\multifactor\webauthn\Challenge::getOptionsAsJson()
• wcf\system\WCF::getActivePath() (WoltLab/WCF#4827)
• wcf\system\WCF::getFavicon() (WoltLab/WCF#4785)
• wcf\system\WCF::useDesktopNotifications() (WoltLab/WCF#4785)
• wcf\util\CryptoUtil::validateSignedString() (WoltLab/WCF#5083)
• wcf\util\Diff::__construct() (WoltLab/WCF#4918)
• wcf\util\Diff::__toString() (WoltLab/WCF#4918)
• wcf\util\Diff::getLCS() (WoltLab/WCF#4918)
• wcf\util\Diff::getRawDiff() (WoltLab/WCF#4918)
• wcf\util\Diff::getUnixDiff() (WoltLab/WCF#4918)
• wcf\util\StringUtil::convertEncoding() (WoltLab/WCF#4800)

Properties

Constants

• wcf\system\condition\UserAvatarCondition::GRAVATAR (WoltLab/WCF#4929)

Functions

Options

JavaScript

• WCF.Comment (WoltLab/WCF#5210)
• WCF.Location (WoltLab/WCF#4972)
• WCF.Message.Share.Content (WoltLab/WCF/commit/624b9db73daf8030aa1c3e49d4ffc785760a283f)
• WCF.User.ObjectWatch.Subscribe (WoltLab/WCF#4962)
• WCF.User.List (WoltLab/WCF#5039)
• WoltLabSuite/Core/Controller/Map/Route/Planner (WoltLab/WCF#4972)
• WoltLabSuite/Core/NumberUtil (WoltLab/WCF#5071)
• WoltLabSuite/Core/Ui/User/List (WoltLab/WCF#5039)

Database Tables

Templates

• __commentJavaScript (WoltLab/WCF#5210)
• commentListAddComment (WoltLab/WCF#5210)

Template Modifiers

• |date (WoltLab/WCF#5459)
• |time (WoltLab/WCF#5459)
• |plainTime (WoltLab/WCF#5459)

Template Events

Miscellaneous

Removals

PHP

Classes

• calendar\data\CALENDARDatabaseObject
• calendar\system\image\EventDataHandler
• gallery\data\GalleryDatabaseObject
• gallery\system\image\ImageDataHandler
• wbb\system\user\object\watch\BoardUserObjectWatch and the corresponding object type
• wbb\system\user\object\watch\ThreadUserObjectWatch and the corresponding object type
• wcf\acp\form\ApplicationEditForm (WoltLab/WCF#4785)
• wcf\action\GravatarDownloadAction (WoltLab/WCF#4929)
• wcf\data\user\avatar\Gravatar (WoltLab/WCF#4929)
• wcf\system\bbcode\highlighter\*Highlighter (WoltLab/WCF#4926)
• wcf\system\bbcode\highlighter\Highlighter (WoltLab/WCF#4926)
• wcf\system\cache\source\MemcachedCacheSource (WoltLab/WCF#4928)
• wcf\system\cli\command\CLICommandNameCompleter (WoltLab/WCF#5185)
• wcf\system\cli\command\CommandsCLICommand (WoltLab/WCF#5185)
• wcf\system\cli\command\CronjobCLICommand (WoltLab/WCF#5171)
• wcf\system\cli\command\HelpCLICommand (WoltLab/WCF#5185)
• wcf\system\cli\command\PackageCLICommand (WoltLab/WCF#4946)
• wcf\system\cli\DatabaseCLICommandHistory (WoltLab/WCF#5058)
• wcf\system\database\table\column/\UnsupportedDefaultValue (WoltLab/WCF#5012)
• wcf\system\exception\ILoggingAwareException (and associated functionality) (WoltLab/WCF#5086)
• wcf\system\mail\Mail (WoltLab/WCF#4941)
• wcf\system\option\DesktopNotificationApplicationSelectOptionType (WoltLab/WCF#4785)
• wcf\system\search\elasticsearch\ElasticsearchException

Methods

• The $forceHTTP parameter of wcf\data\package\update\server\PackageUpdateServer::getListURL() (WoltLab/WCF#4790)
• The $forceHTTP parameter of wcf\system\package\PackageUpdateDispatcher::getPackageUpdateXML() (WoltLab/WCF#4790)
• wcf\data\bbcode\BBCodeCache::getHighlighters() (WoltLab/WCF#4926)
• wcf\data\conversation\ConversationAction::getMixedConversationList() (WoltLab/com.woltlab.wcf.conversation#176)
• wcf\data\moderation\queue\ModerationQueueAction::getOutstandingQueues() (WoltLab/WCF#4944)
• wcf\data\package\installation\queue\PackageInstallationQueueAction::prepareQueue() (WoltLab/WCF#4997)
• wcf\data\user\avatar\UserAvatarAction::enforceDimensions() (WoltLab/WCF#5007)
• wcf\data\user\avatar\UserAvatarAction::fetchRemoteAvatar() (WoltLab/WCF#5007)
• wcf\data\user\notification\UserNotificationAction::getOustandingNotifications() (WoltLab/WCF#4944)
• wcf\data\user\UserRegistrationAction::validatePassword() (WoltLab/WCF#5244)
• wcf\system\bbcode\BBCodeParser::getRemoveLinks() (WoltLab/WCF#4986)
• wcf\system\bbcode\HtmlBBCodeParser::setRemoveLinks() (WoltLab/WCF#4986)
• wcf\system\html\output\node\AbstractHtmlOutputNode::setRemoveLinks() (WoltLab/WCF#4986)
• wcf\system\package\PackageArchive::downloadArchive() (WoltLab/WCF#5006)
• wcf\system\package\PackageArchive::filterUpdateInstructions() (WoltLab/WCF#5129)
• wcf\system\package\PackageArchive::getAllExistingRequirements() (WoltLab/WCF#5125)
• wcf\system\package\PackageArchive::getInstructions() (WoltLab/WCF#5120)
• wcf\system\package\PackageArchive::getUpdateInstructions() (WoltLab/WCF#5129)
• wcf\system\package\PackageArchive::isValidInstall() (WoltLab/WCF#5125)
• wcf\system\package\PackageArchive::isValidUpdate() (WoltLab/WCF#5126)
• wcf\system\package\PackageArchive::setPackage() (WoltLab/WCF#5120)
• wcf\system\package\PackageArchive::unzipPackageArchive() (WoltLab/WCF#4949)
• wcf\system\package\PackageInstallationDispatcher::checkPackageInstallationQueue() (WoltLab/WCF#4947)
• wcf\system\package\PackageInstallationDispatcher::completeSetup() (WoltLab/WCF#4947)
• wcf\system\package\PackageInstallationDispatcher::convertShorthandByteValue() (WoltLab/WCF#4949)
• wcf\system\package\PackageInstallationDispatcher::functionExists() (WoltLab/WCF#4949)
• wcf\system\package\PackageInstallationDispatcher::openQueue() (WoltLab/WCF#4947)
• wcf\system\package\PackageInstallationDispatcher::validatePHPRequirements() (WoltLab/WCF#4949)
• wcf\system\package\PackageInstallationNodeBuilder::insertNode() (WoltLab/WCF#4997)
• wcf\system\package\PackageUpdateDispatcher::prepareInstallation() (WoltLab/WCF#4997)
• wcf\system\request\Request::execute() (WoltLab/WCF#4820)
• wcf\system\request\Request::getPageType() (WoltLab/WCF#4822)
• wcf\system\request\Request::getPageType() (WoltLab/WCF#4822)
• wcf\system\request\Request::isExecuted()
• wcf\system\request\Request::setIsLandingPage()
• wcf\system\request\RouteHandler::getDefaultController() (WoltLab/WCF#4832)
• wcf\system\request\RouteHandler::loadDefaultControllers() (WoltLab/WCF#4832)
• wcf\system\search\AbstractSearchEngine::getFulltextMinimumWordLength() (WoltLab/WCF#4933)
• wcf\system\search\AbstractSearchEngine::parseSearchQuery() (WoltLab/WCF#4933)
• wcf\system\search\elasticsearch\ElasticsearchSearchEngine::getFulltextMinimumWordLength()
• wcf\system\search\elasticsearch\ElasticsearchHandler::query()
• wcf\system\search\SearchIndexManager::add() (WoltLab/WCF#4925)
• wcf\system\search\SearchIndexManager::update() (WoltLab/WCF#4925)
• wcf\system\session\SessionHandler::getStyleID() (WoltLab/WCF#4837)
• wcf\system\session\SessionHandler::setStyleID() (WoltLab/WCF#4837)
• wcf\system\CLIWCF::checkForUpdates() (WoltLab/WCF#5058)
• wcf\system\WCFACP::checkMasterPassword() (WoltLab/WCF#4977)
• wcf\system\WCFACP::getFrontendMenu() (WoltLab/WCF#4812)
• wcf\system\WCFACP::initPackage() (WoltLab/WCF#4794)
• wcf\util\CryptoUtil::randomBytes() (WoltLab/WCF#4924)
• wcf\util\CryptoUtil::randomInt() (WoltLab/WCF#4924)
• wcf\util\CryptoUtil::secureCompare() (WoltLab/WCF#4924)
• wcf\util\FileUtil::downloadFileFromHttp() (WoltLab/WCF#4942)
• wcf\util\PasswordUtil::secureCompare() (WoltLab/WCF#4924)
• wcf\util\PasswordUtil::secureRandomNumber() (WoltLab/WCF#4924)
• wcf\util\StringUtil::encodeJSON() (WoltLab/WCF#5073)
• wcf\util\StyleUtil::updateStyleFile() (WoltLab/WCF#4977)
• wcf\util\UserRegistrationUtil::isSecurePassword() (WoltLab/WCF#4977)

Properties

• wcf\acp\form\PageAddForm::$isLandingPage (WoltLab/WCF#4842)
• wcf\system\appliation\ApplicationHandler::$isMultiDomain (WoltLab/WCF#4785)
• wcf\system\package\PackageArchive::$package (WoltLab/WCF#5129)
• wcf\system\request\RequestHandler::$inRescueMode (WoltLab/WCF#4831)
• wcf\system\request\RouteHandler::$defaultControllers (WoltLab/WCF#4832)
• wcf\system\template\TemplateScriptingCompiler::$disabledPHPFunctions (WoltLab/WCF#4788)
• wcf\system\template\TemplateScriptingCompiler::$enterpriseFunctions (WoltLab/WCF#4788)
• wcf\system\WCF::$forceLogout (WoltLab/WCF#4799)

Events

• beforeArgumentParsing@wcf\system\CLIWCF (WoltLab/WCF#5058)
• afterArgumentParsing@wcf\system\CLIWCF (WoltLab/WCF#5058)

Constants

• wcf\system\search\elasticsearch\ElasticsearchHandler::DELETE
• wcf\system\search\elasticsearch\ElasticsearchHandler::GET
• wcf\system\search\elasticsearch\ElasticsearchHandler::POST
• wcf\system\search\elasticsearch\ElasticsearchHandler::PUT
• PACKAGE_NAME (WoltLab/WCF#5006)
• PACKAGE_VERSION (WoltLab/WCF#5006)
• SECURITY_TOKEN_INPUT_TAG (WoltLab/WCF#4934)
• SECURITY_TOKEN (WoltLab/WCF#4934)
• WSC_API_VERSION (WoltLab/WCF#4943)

Functions

• The global escapeString helper (WoltLab/WCF#5085)

Options

• CACHE_SOURCE_MEMCACHED_HOST (WoltLab/WCF#4928)
• DESKTOP_NOTIFICATION_PACKAGE_ID (WoltLab/WCF#4785)
• GRAVATAR_DEFAULT_TYPE (WoltLab/WCF#4929)
• HTTP_SEND_X_FRAME_OPTIONS (WoltLab/WCF#4786)
• MODULE_GRAVATAR (WoltLab/WCF#4929)

Files

• The scss.inc.php compatibility include. (WoltLab/WCF#4932)
• The config.inc.php in app directories. (WoltLab/WCF#5006)

JavaScript

• Blog.Blog.Archive
• Blog.Category.MarkAllAsRead
• Blog.Entry.Delete
• Blog.Entry.Preview
• Blog.Entry.QuoteHandler
• Calendar.Category.MarkAllAsRead (WoltLab/com.woltlab.calendar#169)
• Calendar.Event.Coordinates
• Calendar.Event.Date.FullDay (WoltLab/com.woltlab.calendar#171)
• Calendar.Event.Date.Participation.RemoveParticipant
• Calendar.Event.Preview
• Calendar.Event.QuoteHandler
• Calendar.Event.Share
• Calendar.Event.TabMenu
• Calendar.Event.Thread.ShowParticipants
• Calendar.Map
• Calendar.UI.Calendar
• Calendar/Ui/Event/Date/Cancel.js
• Calendar.Export.iCal
• Filebase.Category.MarkAllAsRead
• Filebase.File.MarkAsRead
• Filebase.File.Preview
• Filebase.File.Share
• flexibleArea.js (WoltLab/WCF#4945)
• Gallery.Album.Share
• Gallery.Category.MarkAllAsRead
• Gallery.Image.Delete
• Gallery.Image.Share
• Gallery.Map.LargeMap
• Gallery.Map.InfoWindowImageListDialog
• jQuery.browser.smartphone (WoltLab/WCF#4945)
• Prism.wscSplitIntoLines (WoltLab/WCF#4940)
• SID_ARG_2ND (WoltLab/WCF#4998)
• WBB.Board.Collapsible
• WBB.Board.IgnoreBoards
• WBB.Post.IPAddressHandler
• WBB.Post.Preview
• WBB.Post.QuoteHandler
• WBB.Thread.LastPageHandler
• WBB.Thread.SimilarThreads
• WBB.Thread.UpdateHandler.Thread
• WBB.Thread.WatchedThreadList
• WCF.Action.Scroll (WoltLab/WCF#4945)
• WCF.Comment (WoltLab/WCF@00d46429)
• WCF.Conversation.MarkAllAsRead
• WCF.Conversation.MarkAsRead
• WCF.Conversation.Message.QuoteHandler
• WCF.Conversation.Preview
• WCF.Conversation.RemoveParticipant
• WCF.Date.Picker (WoltLab/WCF#4945)
• WCF.Date.Util (WoltLab/WCF#4945)
• WCF.Dropdown.Interactive.Handler (WoltLab/WCF#4944)
• WCF.Dropdown.Interactive.Instance (WoltLab/WCF#4944)
• WCF.Label.ACPList
• WCF.Message.Share.Page (WoltLab/WCF#4945)
• WCF.Message.Smilies (WoltLab/WCF#4945)
• WCF.ModeratedUserGroup.AddMembers
• WCF.Moderation.Queue.MarkAllAsRead
• WCF.Moderation.Queue.MarkAsRead
• WCF.Poll (WoltLab/WCF#5465)
• WCF.Search.Message.KeywordList (WoltLab/WCF#4945)
• WCF.System.FlexibleMenu (WoltLab/WCF#4945)
• WCF.System.Fullscreen (WoltLab/WCF#4945)
• WCF.System.PageNavigation (WoltLab/WCF#4945)
• WCF.Template (WoltLab/WCF#5070)
• WCF.ToggleOptions (WoltLab/WCF#4945)
• WCF.User.LikeLoader
• WCF.User.Panel.Abstract (WoltLab/WCF#4944)
• WCF.User.ProfilePreview
• WCF.User.Registration.Validation.Password (WoltLab/WCF#5244)
• window.shuffle() (WoltLab/WCF#4945)
• WSC_API_VERSION (WoltLab/WCF#4943)
• WCF.Infraction.Warning.ShowDetails
• WoltLabSuite/Core/Ui/Comment/Add (WoltLab/WCF#5210)
• WoltLabSuite/Core/Ui/Comment/Edit (WoltLab/WCF#5210)
• WoltLabSuite/Core/Ui/Response/Comment/Add (WoltLab/WCF#5210)
• WoltLabSuite/Core/Ui/Response/Comment/Edit (WoltLab/WCF#5210)

Database

• wcf1_cli_history (WoltLab/WCF#5058)
• wcf1_package_compatibility (WoltLab/WCF#4992)
• wcf1_package_update_compatibility (WoltLab/WCF#5005)
• wcf1_package_update_optional (WoltLab/WCF#5005)
• wcf1_user_notification_to_user (WoltLab/WCF#5005)
• wcf1_user.enableGravatar (WoltLab/WCF#4929)
• wcf1_user.gravatarFileExtension (WoltLab/WCF#4929)

Templates

Templates

• conversationListUserPanel (WoltLab/com.woltlab.wcf.conversation#176)
• moderationQueueList (WoltLab/WCF#4944)
• notificationListUserPanel (WoltLab/WCF#4944)

Template Plugins

• {fetch} (WoltLab/WCF#4892)
• |encodeJSON (WoltLab/WCF#5073)

Template Events

• headInclude::javascriptInclude (WoltLab/WCF#4801)
• headInclude::javascriptInit (WoltLab/WCF#4801)
• headInclude::javascriptLanguageImport (WoltLab/WCF#4801)

Template Variables

• $__sessionKeepAlive (WoltLab/WCF#5055)
• $__wcfVersion (WoltLab/WCF#4927)
• $tpl.cookie (WoltLab/WCF@7cfd5578ede22e)
• $tpl.env (WoltLab/WCF@7cfd5578ede22e)
• $tpl.get (WoltLab/WCF@7cfd5578ede22e)
• $tpl.now (WoltLab/WCF@7cfd5578ede22e)
• $tpl.post (WoltLab/WCF@7cfd5578ede22e)
• $tpl.server (WoltLab/WCF@7cfd5578ede22e)

Miscellaneous

• The use of a non-1 WCF_N in WCFSetup. (WoltLab/WCF#4791)
• The global option to set a specific style with a request parameter ($_REQUEST['styleID']) is removed. (WoltLab/WCF#4533)
• Using non-standard ports for package servers is no longer supported. (WoltLab/WCF#4790)
• Using the insecure http:// scheme for package servers is no longer supported. The use of https:// is enforced. (WoltLab/WCF#4790)
• The support for AMP pages was removed. (WoltLab/WCF#5425)
• The support for style API version was removed. All styles are treated as if they are fully compatible with the latest version. (WoltLab/WCF#5036)

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Last update: 2023-09-11