---
title: "Deprecation: #64388 - Direct ContentObject methods within ContentObjectRenderer"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:deprecation-64388"
source: "Changelog/7.1/Deprecation-64388-ContentObjectMethods.rst"
typo3-version: "7.1"
typo3-major: 7
type: "deprecation"
issue: 64388
forge: "https://forge.typo3.org/issues/64388"
tags: ["PHP-API", "Frontend"]
rendered: "2026-09-20T18:31:11+00:00"
---

# Deprecation: #64388 - Direct ContentObject methods within ContentObjectRenderer {#deprecation-64388}

See [forge#64388](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/64388)

## Description {#description}

The following wrapper methods for ContentObject rendering within ContentObjectRenderer
have been marked for removal for TYPO3 CMS 8.

```php
FLOWPLAYER()
TEXT()
CLEARGIF()
COBJ_ARRAY()
USER()
FILE()
FILES()
IMAGE()
IMG_RESOURCE()
IMGTEXT()
CONTENT()
RECORDS()
HMENU()
CTABLE()
OTABLE()
COLUMNS()
HRULER()
CASEFUNC()
LOAD_REGISTER()
FORM()
SEARCHRESULT()
TEMPLATE()
FLUIDTEMPLATE()
MULTIMEDIA()
MEDIA()
SWFOBJECT()
QTOBJECT()
SVG()
```

## Impact {#impact}

Using the methods above directly in any third party extension will trigger a deprecation log message.

## Affected installations {#affected-installations}

Instances which use custom calls to ContentObjects via the methods above.

## Migration {#migration}

Replace the direct method calls to `$contentObject->COBJECT()` with the common method.

Example for the SVG() ContentObject call:

```php
$cObj->cObjGetSingle('SVG', $conf);
```