wp-includes/functions.php:5632Marks a constructor as deprecated and informs when it has been used.
$class_namestring$versionstring$parent_classstringoptional''2 hooks fire while _deprecated_constructor() runs, in this order:
Fires when a deprecated constructor is called.
Filters whether to trigger an error for deprecated functions.
function _deprecated_constructor( $class_name, $version, $parent_class = '' ) { /** * Fires when a deprecated constructor is called. * * @since 4.3.0 * @since 4.5.0 Added the `$parent_class` parameter. * * @param string $class_name The class containing the deprecated constructor. * @param string $version The version of WordPress that deprecated the function. * @param string $parent_class The parent class calling the deprecated constructor. */ do_action( 'deprecated_constructor_run', $class_name, $version, $parent_class ); /** * Filters whether to trigger an error for deprecated functions. * * `WP_DEBUG` must be true in addition to the filter evaluating to true. * * @since 4.3.0 * * @param bool $trigger Whether to trigger the error for deprecated functions. Default true. */ if ( WP_DEBUG && apply_filters( 'deprecated_constructor_trigger_error', true ) ) { if ( function_exists( '__' ) ) { if ( $parent_class ) { $message = sprintf( /* translators: 1: PHP class name, 2: PHP parent class name, 3: Version number, 4: __construct() method. */ __( 'The called constructor method for %1$s class in %2$s is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version %3$s! Use %4$s instead.' ), $class_name, $parent_class, $version, '<code>__construct()</code>' ); } else { $message = sprintf( /* translators: 1: PHP class name, 2: Version number, 3: __construct() method. */ __( 'The called constructor method for %1$s class is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version %2$s! Use %3$s instead.' ), $class_name, $version, '<code>__construct()</code>' ); } } else { if ( $parent_class ) { $message = sprintf( 'The called constructor method for %1$s class in %2$s is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version %3$s! Use %4$s instead.', $class_name, $parent_class, $version, '<code>__construct()</code>' ); } else { $message = sprintf( 'The called constructor method for %1$s class is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version %2$s! Use %3$s instead.', $class_name, $version, '<code>__construct()</code>' ); } } wp_trigger_error( '', $message, E_USER_DEPRECATED ); }}Introduced in 4.3.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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