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Geolocation - elgg_get_entities_from_location is deprecated

rcrowe
By rcrowe

I'm getting a message in Elgg 1.10 that seems to point to your geolocation plugin on github, but there's no plugin there, just a Readme.md file.  Here's the message:

Deprecated in 1.9: elgg_get_entities_from_location is deprecated.  See geolocation plugin on github.

But looking at the plugin on github, there's only one file, a Readme.md:

https://github.com/Elgg/geolocation

Help?

 

  • Evan Winslow
    Evan Winslow

    Elgg core doesn't have well-supported or documented location facilities.

    If the current method works for you, you can use it, but I expect you'll need to support it yourself in the future when that function is removed from core.

  • rcrowe
    rcrowe

    From Cash Costello:

    The geolocation code in Elgg is extremely inefficient. The plan was to replace it with a plugin with more efficient indexes, but it looks like it never got past the initial commit. 

    The deprecation message is harmless. It lets administrators know that the geolocation code will be removed from Elgg in the future (maybe Elgg 2.0?). Normal users do not see the message.

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