[wp-hackers] WP 2.2 Widgets Issue / Fix

[Knut-Olav Hoven]

On Thursday 31 May 2007 11:57:17 Martin Fitzpatrick wrote:
> On 31/05/07, Matt <speedboxer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 5/30/07, Martin Fitzpatrick <martin.fitzpatrick at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > A few of my plugins switch to keeping the options panel/etc. in the
> > > Widget if they are enabled, using a test "if (
> > > function_exists('register_sidebar_widget') )" which won't work now -
> > > the function always exists for compatibility.
> >
> > Wouldn't it be "wp_register_sidebar_widget"?
>
> Yeh, my bad. The problem is that from WP 2.2 that function always
> exists so it is not a reliable way to check whether Widgets are
> enabled. Is there a new method for checking?

I believe widgets are allways enabled in WP 2.2 (since it is no longer a 
plugin, but in the core), so there's no need to check for it.

If you need backwards compatibility, then you should keep checking for the 
function "register_sidebar_widget".

>
> Thanks,
>
> Martin
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