[wp-hackers] Need WP/PHP guru eyeballs/feedback on my WP_Widget wrapper class

[J.D. Grimes]

Hi Micky,

You need to register the widget with the register_widget() function like this:

function myplugin_register_widgets() {
	register_widget( 'Foo_Widget_2' );
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'myplugin_register_widgets' );

Then it should work.

-J.D.

On Jun 28, 2013, at 6:52 PM, Micky Hulse <mickyhulse.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 5:33 PM, J.D. Grimes <jdg at codesymphony.co> wrote:
>> Hey Micky, I was thinking about this and I think I've found a good solution for you. Just extend the Foo_Widget class with child classes like this:
> 
> Hi J.D.,
> 
> I finally had a chance to test your suggestion using my test
> Foo_Widget class. Unfortunately, I'm getting the same results as
> before.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> include_once('class.foo_widget.php');
> 
> class Foo_Widget_2 extends Foo_Widget {
> 
>    function __construct() {
> 
>        parent::__construct(
>            array(
>                'id_base' => 'foo_test_widget',
>                'name' => 'Foo Test Widget',
>            )
>        );
> 
>    }
> }
> 
> new Foo_Widget_2();
> 
> [/snip]
> 
> The above gets include_once into my functions.php.
> 
> This is the Foo_Widget() class (same one from before):
> 
> <https://gist.github.com/mhulse/5861847>
> 
> When I test the above code, I just see an empty widget under
> "Available Widgets". When inspecting with Firebug, neither "id_base"
> or "name" made it through.
> 
> If it's not too much trouble, could you confirm that the code you are
> using is the same as the stuff I'm using?
> 
> If you got it to work, I must be doing something wrong (or, maybe I
> need to upgrade to the latest WP? We're one version behind).
> 
> Thanks so much! I owe you one! :-)
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