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title: "Deprecation: #78679 - Crawler inclusion via require_once in Indexed Search"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:deprecation-78679"
source: "Changelog/8.5/Deprecation-78679-CrawlerInclusionViaRequire_onceInIndexedSearch.rst"
modified: "2026-09-15T10:46:36+00:00"
---

# Deprecation: #78679 - Crawler inclusion via require_once in Indexed Search

See [forge#78679](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/78679)

## Description

The system extension "Indexed Search" has support for `EXT:crawler`, by using the crawler library
to index a page.

This functionality is done under the hood via the Indexer class, which does a manual PHP call on
"require_once" - code which is not necessary anymore, since the TYPO3 Core class loader is in place. The public
PHP method `TYPO3CMSIndexedSearchIndexer->includeCrawlerClass()` is therefore marked as
deprecated.

## Impact

Calling the method `TYPO3CMSIndexedSearchIndexer->includeCrawlerClass()` will trigger a
deprecation log entry.

## Affected Installations

Any TYPO3 installation with a custom indexer written in PHP, and Indexed Search and Crawler
installed, and the custom indexer using the method call above.

## Migration

Remove the function call, as TYPO3 includes the PHP class automatically.