WP_Widget::__construct( string $id_base, string $name, array $widget_options = array(), array $control_options = array() )

PHP5 constructor.

Parameters

$id_base

(string) (Optional) Base ID for the widget, lowercase and unique. If left empty, a portion of the widget's PHP class name will be used. Has to be unique.

$name

(string) (Optional) Name for the widget displayed on the configuration page.

$widget_options

(array) (Optional) Widget options. See wp_register_sidebar_widget() for information on accepted arguments.

Default value: array()

$control_options

(array) (Optional) Widget control options. See wp_register_widget_control() for information on accepted arguments.

Default value: array()

Source

File: wp-includes/class-wp-widget.php

public function __construct( $id_base, $name, $widget_options = array(), $control_options = array() ) {
		if ( ! empty( $id_base ) ) {
			$id_base = strtolower( $id_base );
		} else {
			$id_base = preg_replace( '/(wp_)?widget_/', '', strtolower( get_class( $this ) ) );
		}

		$this->id_base         = $id_base;
		$this->name            = $name;
		$this->option_name     = 'widget_' . $this->id_base;
		$this->widget_options  = wp_parse_args(
			$widget_options,
			array(
				'classname'                   => str_replace( '\\', '_', $this->option_name ),
				'customize_selective_refresh' => false,
			)
		);
		$this->control_options = wp_parse_args( $control_options, array( 'id_base' => $this->id_base ) );
	}

Changelog

Version Description
2.8.0 Introduced.

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https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget/__construct