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Opened 10 years ago

Closed 10 years ago

#2952 closed defect (bug) (wontfix)

Fatal error: `BBP_Login_Widget::widget()` with PHP 5.2 and WordPress /trunk

Reported by: netweb Owned by:
Priority: normal Milestone:
Component: API - Widgets Version:
Severity: normal Keywords:
Cc:

Description

See Job #252.33 ​https://travis-ci.org/ntwb/bbPress/jobs/130158056

Fatal error: Declaration of BBP_Login_Widget::widget() must be compatible with that of WP_Widget::widget() in /tmp/wordpress/src/wp-content/plugins/bbPress/src/includes/common/widgets.php on line 217
Fatal error: Declaration of BBP_Login_Widget::widget() must be compatible with that of WP_Widget::widget() in /tmp/wordpress/src/wp-content/plugins/bbPress/src/includes/common/widgets.php on line 217

Related: ​changeset:37425/​#WP35981

Quoting ​kraftbj:

For plugin authors: If your widget does not include a widget() function, you'll need to add an noop function to prevent fatals.

Change History (2)

#1 @netweb
10 years ago

  • Keywords close added; needs-patch removed
  • Priority high → normal
  • Severity major → normal

The upstream change is going to be reverted, adding close here though will keep open until the revert has taken place.

See ​https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/35981#comment:11 & ​#comment:12 for more discussion/reference

#2 @netweb
10 years ago

  • Keywords close removed
  • Milestone 2.6
  • Resolution → wontfix
  • Status new → closed

The changes upstream have now been reverted, closing this as wontfix:

Via ​changeset:37648:

Widgets: Revert ​changeset:37425 and ​changeset:37427.

The change can cause fatal errors under certain conditions, like when the subclass has a different function signature for widget() or doesn't even implement the method.

See #35981.

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