specials: Avoid the use of global variables in Special:Version

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / includes / Title.php

diff --git a/includes/Title.php b/includes/Title.php
index 12ab532..27baeb2 100644 (file)
--- a/includes/Title.php
+++ b/includes/Title.php
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ class Title implements LinkTarget, IDBAccessObject {
         * unless $forceClone is "clone". If $forceClone is "clone" and the given TitleValue
         * is already a Title instance, that instance is copied using the clone operator.
         *
+        * @deprecated since 1.34, use newFromLinkTarget or castFromLinkTarget
+        *
         * @param TitleValue $titleValue Assumed to be safe.
         * @param string $forceClone set to NEW_CLONE to ensure a fresh instance is returned.
         *
@@ -283,6 +285,17 @@ class Title implements LinkTarget, IDBAccessObject {
                );
        }
 
+       /**
+        * Same as newFromLinkTarget, but if passed null, returns null.
+        *
+        * @param LinkTarget|null $linkTarget Assumed to be safe (if not null).
+        *
+        * @return Title|null
+        */
+       public static function castFromLinkTarget( $linkTarget ) {
+               return $linkTarget ? self::newFromLinkTarget( $linkTarget ) : null;
+       }
+
        /**
         * Create a new Title from text, such as what one would find in a link. De-
         * codes any HTML entities in the text.