---
title: "Deprecation: #87200 - EmailFinisher FORMAT_* constants"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:deprecation-87200-1668719172"
source: "Changelog/10.0/Deprecation-87200-EmailFinisherFormatContants.rst"
typo3-version: "10.0"
typo3-major: 10
type: "deprecation"
issue: 87200
forge: "https://forge.typo3.org/issues/87200"
tags: ["PHP-API", "FullyScanned", "ext:form"]
rendered: "2026-09-20T18:31:11+00:00"
---

# Deprecation: #87200 - EmailFinisher FORMAT\_\* constants {#deprecation-87200-1668719172}

See [forge#87200](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/87200)

## Description {#description}

The constants

-   `TYPO3\CMS\Form\Domain\Finishers\EmailFinisher::FORMAT_PLAINTEXT` and
-   `TYPO3\CMS\Form\Domain\Finishers\EmailFinisher::FORMAT_HTML`

have been marked as deprecated and will be removed in TYPO3 11.0.

## Impact {#impact}

Accessing these constants will lead to a fatal `E_ERROR` in TYPO3 11.0.

## Affected Installations {#affected-installations}

All installations which use EXT:form and directly access these constants.

## Migration {#migration}

Do not use these constants anymore.