Widgets that use 'validate' modifier break the site on PHP < 5.2.0
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	• bzimport
	May 25 2009, 5:16 PM

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Author: sergey.chernyshev

Description:
When 'validate' modifier (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Widgets#Validate_modifier) is used on widget parameters, sites that use PHP version < 5.2.0 break because filter extension is not available: http://us.php.net/manual/en/filter.installation.php

Proper solution is to upgrade PHP, but code should be modified to display an error in place of a widget.

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Severity: enhancement

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 10:38 PM

• bzimport set Reference to bz18913.

The oldest MediaWiki version currently supported is 1.19 and that requires PHP 5.2.3, hence closing this ticket as obsolete.

sergey.chernyshev wrote:

Waiting 5 years works pretty well - if nobody is crazy about it, means it doesn't need to be fixed ;)