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title: "Deprecation: #64109 - Deprecate global hook softRefParser_GL"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:deprecation-64109"
source: "Changelog/7.1/Deprecation-64109-Hook-softRefParserGL.rst"
modified: "2026-09-15T10:46:36+00:00"
---

# Deprecation: #64109 - Deprecate global hook softRefParser_GL

See [forge#64109](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/64109)

## Description

The hook `$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SC_OPTIONS']['GLOBAL']['softRefParser_GL']` has been marked as deprecated.
It was a hook to add a general softRefParser which parsed every SoftReference regardless of its type.
The `softRefParser_GL`-hook was undocumented and used neither in core nor in any known extension.

## Impact

Creating a global softRefParser by adding a hook to
`$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SC_OPTIONS']['GLOBAL']['softRefParser_GL']` will trigger a deprecation log message.

## Affected installations

Instances with extensions using a `$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SC_OPTIONS']['GLOBAL']['softRefParser_GL']`-hook

## Migration

A `softRefParser_GL` hook in an extension has to be replaced with multiple `softRefParser` hooks for each type the
parser can handle.