Convert permissions

Global variables are deprecated and the verifyPermission function can be used to go to an error page on failure, removing duplicate code and standardising on an error page.
{CODE()}if ($tiki_p_admin_cms == 'y') {{CODE}
becomes
{CODE()}if ($gTikiUser->hasPermission('tiki_p_admin_cms')) {{CODE}
and
{CODE()}if ( !$gTikiUser->hasPermission( 'tiki_p_view' )) {
$smarty->assign('msg',tra("Permission denied you cannot view pages"));
$gTikiSystem->display( 'error.tpl' );
die;
}{CODE}
becomes
{CODE()}$gTikiSystem->verifyPermission( 'tiki_p_view' );{CODE}

Convert preferences

Function standardisation rename.
{CODE()}$gTikiSystem->get_preference("maxArticles", 10){CODE}
becomes
{CODE()}$gTikiSystem->getPreference("maxArticles", 10){CODE}

Convert enabled packages and features

Global variables are deprecated and the isPackageActive and isFeatureActive functions can be used to go to an error page on failure, removing duplicate code and standardising on an error page.
{CODE()}$feature_articles{CODE}
becomes
{CODE()}$gTikiSystem->isPackageActive( 'articles' ){CODE}
and
{CODE()}if($feature_listPages != 'y') {
$smarty->assign('msg',tra("This feature is disabled"));
$gTikiSystem->display( 'error.tpl' );
die;
}{CODE}
becomes
{CODE()}$gTikiSystem->isFeatureActive( 'feature_listPages' );{CODE}
and conversion of package active checks at start of pages.
{CODE()}if ( $feature_articles != 'y' ) {
$smarty->assign( 'msg', tra( "This feature is disabled" ) . ": feature_articles" );
$smarty->display( "error.tpl" );
die;
}{CODE}
becomes
{CODE()}$gTikiSystem->isPackageActive( 'articles' );{CODE}

Register packages

Package name should be lowercase
{CODE()}$gTikiSystem->registerPackage( 'articles', dirname( FILE ).'/' );{CODE}

Convert dependent packages

When errors occur due to missing packages, the follow check code should be inserted in appropriate places.
{CODE()}if ($gTikiSystem->isPackageActive( 'categories' )) {
include_once( CATEGORIES_PKG_PATH.'categ_lib.php');
}{CODE}

Convert db_byte_encode

New location for this function.
{CODE()}$this->db_byte_encode( $imgdata ){CODE}
becomes
{CODE()}$this->mDb->db_byte_encode( $imgdata ){CODE}

Convert error pages

{CODE()}$smarty->display( "error.tpl" ){CODE}
becomes
{CODE()}$gTikiSystem->display( "error.tpl" ){CODE}

Convert browser title -
$gTikiSystem->setBrowserTitle( tra("articles") );

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(usually last line)
$gTikiSystem->display( 'tikipackage:articles/list_articles.tpl', tra("articles") );

Convert $user - $user => $gTikiUser->mUserId

Smarty tpl changes

{if $gTikiSystem->isPackageActive( 'categories' )}
<div class="tabpage {$categoriesTabSelect}">
<h4>{tr}Categorize{/tr}</h4>
{legend legend="Categorize"}

Please enter a valid 'page_name', 'page_id' or 'content_id' to include in this page.

{/legend}
</div><!-- end .tabpage -->
{/if}