Register widget for sidebar with backward compatibility.

Allows $name to be an array that accepts either three elements to grab the first element and the third for the name or just uses the first element of the array for the name.

Passes to wp_register_sidebar_widget() after argument list and backward compatibility is complete.

• wp_register_sidebar_widget()

$name string|int Required

Widget ID.

$output_callback callable Required

Run when widget is called.

$classname string Optional

Classname widget option.

Default: ''

$params mixed Optional

Widget parameters.

File: wp-includes/deprecated.php. View all references

function register_sidebar_widget($name, $output_callback, $classname = '', ...$params) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.8.0', 'wp_register_sidebar_widget()' );
	// Compat.
	if ( is_array( $name ) ) {
		if ( count( $name ) === 3 ) {
			$name = sprintf( $name[0], $name[2] );
		} else {
			$name = $name[0];
		}
	}

	$id      = sanitize_title( $name );
	$options = array();
	if ( ! empty( $classname ) && is_string( $classname ) ) {
		$options['classname'] = $classname;
	}

	wp_register_sidebar_widget( $id, $name, $output_callback, $options, ...$params );
}