[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32480: Add _doing_it_wrong method call to WP_Widget PHP4 style constructor

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#32480: Add _doing_it_wrong method call to WP_Widget PHP4 style constructor
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 Reporter:  welcher      |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Widgets      |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
  Focuses:               |
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 WP_Widget contains a PHP4 style constructor for backwards compatibility.
 As was noted in #20801 PHP7 is removing them  -
 https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove_php4_constructors.

 WordPress still supports PHP 5.2 so removing them is not an option but I
 would like to introduce a `_doing_it_wrong` call if the the PHP4 style
 constructor is used to hopefully prompt the widget author to use
 `__construct` instead.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/32480>
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