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Deprecation: #68098 - Deprecate GeneralUtility methods
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See :issue:`68098`

Description
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The following methods within `GeneralUtility` have been marked as deprecated and will be removed in TYPO3 CMS v8.

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	GeneralUtility::modifyHTMLColor()
	GeneralUtility::modifyHTMLColorAll()
	GeneralUtility::isBrokenEmailEnvironment()
	GeneralUtility::normalizeMailAddress()
	GeneralUtility::formatForTextarea()
	GeneralUtility::getThisUrl()
	GeneralUtility::cleanOutputBuffers()

The functionality `formatForTextarea()` was used in the older days to actually support IE4 and Netscape 3 properly
and can now safely be exchanged by `htmlspecialchars()`.


Impact
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All extensions using these methods directly will throw a deprecation message.


Affected Installations
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Installations with extensions that use the methods above handling.


Migration
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Use corresponding functionality from `getIndpEnv()` instead of `getThisUrl()`.

For the other methods, you can re-implement the functionality yourself in your extension where needed.


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