---
title: "Deprecation: #71916 - LanguageService->makeEntities"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:deprecation-71916"
source: "Changelog/8.0/Deprecation-71916-LanguageService-makeEntities.rst"
typo3-version: "8.0"
typo3-major: 8
type: "deprecation"
issue: 71916
forge: "https://forge.typo3.org/issues/71916"
tags: ["PHP-API"]
rendered: "2026-09-17T12:41:04+00:00"
---

# Deprecation: #71916 - LanguageService->makeEntities {#deprecation-71916-languageservice-makeentities}

See [forge#71916](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/71916)

## Description {#description}

The method `LanguageService->makeEntities()` was used when the TYPO3 Backend ran with non-utf8
characters in order to convert UTF-8 characters to latin1. This is not needed anymore as all is
UTF-8 now.

## Impact {#impact}

Using `$GLOBALS['LANG']->makeEntities()` will trigger a deprecation log entry.

## Affected Installations {#affected-installations}

Any TYPO3 instance using a third-party extension using the PHP method above.