source: trunk/www.guidonia.net/wp/wp-includes/deprecated.php@ 44

<?php
/**
 * Deprecated functions from past WordPress versions. You shouldn't use these
 * globals and functions and look for the alternatives instead. The functions
 * and globals will be removed in a later version.
 *
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Deprecated
 */

/*
 * Deprecated global variables.
 */

/**
 * The name of the Posts table
 * @global string $tableposts
 * @deprecated Use $wpdb->posts
 */
$tableposts = $wpdb->posts;

/**
 * The name of the Users table
 * @global string $tableusers
 * @deprecated Use $wpdb->users
 */
$tableusers = $wpdb->users;

/**
 * The name of the Categories table
 * @global string $tablecategories
 * @deprecated Use $wpdb->categories
 */
$tablecategories = $wpdb->categories;

/**
 * The name of the post to category table
 * @global string $tablepost2cat
 * @deprecated Use $wpdb->post2cat;
 */
$tablepost2cat = $wpdb->post2cat;

/**
 * The name of the comments table
 * @global string $tablecomments
 * @deprecated Use $wpdb->comments;
 */
$tablecomments = $wpdb->comments;

/**
 * The name of the links table
 * @global string $tablelinks
 * @deprecated Use $wpdb->links;
 */
$tablelinks = $wpdb->links;

/**
 * @global string $tablelinkcategories
 * @deprecated Not used anymore;
 */
$tablelinkcategories = 'linkcategories_is_gone';

/**
 * The name of the options table
 * @global string $tableoptions
 * @deprecated Use $wpdb->options;
 */
$tableoptions = $wpdb->options;

/**
 * The name of the postmeta table
 * @global string $tablepostmeta
 * @deprecated Use $wpdb->postmeta;
 */
$tablepostmeta = $wpdb->postmeta;

/*
 * Deprecated functions come here to die.
 */

/**
 * Entire Post data.
 *
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated Use get_post()
 * @see get_post()
 *
 * @param int $postid
 * @return array
 */
function get_postdata($postid) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'get_post()');

        $post = &get_post($postid);

        $postdata = array (
                'ID' => $post->ID,
                'Author_ID' => $post->post_author,
                'Date' => $post->post_date,
                'Content' => $post->post_content,
                'Excerpt' => $post->post_excerpt,
                'Title' => $post->post_title,
                'Category' => $post->post_category,
                'post_status' => $post->post_status,
                'comment_status' => $post->comment_status,
                'ping_status' => $post->ping_status,
                'post_password' => $post->post_password,
                'to_ping' => $post->to_ping,
                'pinged' => $post->pinged,
                'post_type' => $post->post_type,
                'post_name' => $post->post_name
        );

        return $postdata;
}

/**
 * Sets up the WordPress Loop.
 *
 * @since 1.0.1
 * @deprecated Since 1.5 - {@link http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop Use new WordPress Loop}
 */
function start_wp() {
        global $wp_query, $post;

        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '1.5', __('new WordPress Loop') );

        // Since the old style loop is being used, advance the query iterator here.
        $wp_query->next_post();

        setup_postdata($post);
}

/**
 * Return or Print Category ID.
 *
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated use get_the_category()
 * @see get_the_category()
 *
 * @param bool $echo
 * @return null|int
 */
function the_category_ID($echo = true) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'get_the_category()');

        // Grab the first cat in the list.
        $categories = get_the_category();
        $cat = $categories[0]->term_id;

        if ( $echo )
                echo $cat;

        return $cat;
}

/**
 * Print category with optional text before and after.
 *
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated use get_the_category_by_ID()
 * @see get_the_category_by_ID()
 *
 * @param string $before
 * @param string $after
 */
function the_category_head($before='', $after='') {
        global $currentcat, $previouscat;

        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'get_the_category_by_ID()');

        // Grab the first cat in the list.
        $categories = get_the_category();
        $currentcat = $categories[0]->category_id;
        if ( $currentcat != $previouscat ) {
                echo $before;
                echo get_the_category_by_ID($currentcat);
                echo $after;
                $previouscat = $currentcat;
        }
}

/**
 * Prints link to the previous post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated Use previous_post_link()
 * @see previous_post_link()
 *
 * @param string $format
 * @param string $previous
 * @param string $title
 * @param string $in_same_cat
 * @param int $limitprev
 * @param string $excluded_categories
 */
function previous_post($format='%', $previous='previous post: ', $title='yes', $in_same_cat='no', $limitprev=1, $excluded_categories='') {

        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'previous_post_link()');

        if ( empty($in_same_cat) || 'no' == $in_same_cat )
                $in_same_cat = false;
        else
                $in_same_cat = true;

        $post = get_previous_post($in_same_cat, $excluded_categories);

        if ( !$post )
                return;

        $string = '<a href="'.get_permalink($post->ID).'">'.$previous;
        if ( 'yes' == $title )
                $string .= apply_filters('the_title', $post->post_title, $post);
        $string .= '</a>';
        $format = str_replace('%', $string, $format);
        echo $format;
}

/**
 * Prints link to the next post.
 *
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated Use next_post_link()
 * @see next_post_link()
 *
 * @param string $format
 * @param string $previous
 * @param string $title
 * @param string $in_same_cat
 * @param int $limitprev
 * @param string $excluded_categories
 */
function next_post($format='%', $next='next post: ', $title='yes', $in_same_cat='no', $limitnext=1, $excluded_categories='') {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'next_post_link()');

        if ( empty($in_same_cat) || 'no' == $in_same_cat )
                $in_same_cat = false;
        else
                $in_same_cat = true;

        $post = get_next_post($in_same_cat, $excluded_categories);

        if ( !$post     )
                return;

        $string = '<a href="'.get_permalink($post->ID).'">'.$next;
        if ( 'yes' == $title )
                $string .= apply_filters('the_title', $post->post_title, $nextpost);
        $string .= '</a>';
        $format = str_replace('%', $string, $format);
        echo $format;
}

/**
 * Whether user can create a post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated Use current_user_can()
 * @see current_user_can()
 *
 * @param int $user_id
 * @param int $blog_id Not Used
 * @param int $category_id Not Used
 * @return bool
 */
function user_can_create_post($user_id, $blog_id = 1, $category_id = 'None') {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'current_user_can()');

        $author_data = get_userdata($user_id);
        return ($author_data->user_level > 1);
}

/**
 * Whether user can create a post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated Use current_user_can()
 * @see current_user_can()
 *
 * @param int $user_id
 * @param int $blog_id Not Used
 * @param int $category_id Not Used
 * @return bool
 */
function user_can_create_draft($user_id, $blog_id = 1, $category_id = 'None') {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'current_user_can()');

        $author_data = get_userdata($user_id);
        return ($author_data->user_level >= 1);
}

/**
 * Whether user can edit a post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated Use current_user_can()
 * @see current_user_can()
 *
 * @param int $user_id
 * @param int $post_id
 * @param int $blog_id Not Used
 * @return bool
 */
function user_can_edit_post($user_id, $post_id, $blog_id = 1) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0', 'current_user_can()');

        $author_data = get_userdata($user_id);
        $post = get_post($post_id);
        $post_author_data = get_userdata($post->post_author);

        if ( (($user_id == $post_author_data->ID) && !($post->post_status == 'publish' &&  $author_data->user_level < 2))
                         || ($author_data->user_level > $post_author_data->user_level)
                         || ($author_data->user_level >= 10) ) {
                return true;
        } else {
                return false;
        }
}

/**
 * Whether user can delete a post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated Use current_user_can()
 * @see current_user_can()
 *
 * @param int $user_id
 * @param int $post_id
 * @param int $blog_id Not Used
 * @return bool
 */
function user_can_delete_post($user_id, $post_id, $blog_id = 1) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'current_user_can()');

        // right now if one can edit, one can delete
        return user_can_edit_post($user_id, $post_id, $blog_id);
}

/**
 * Whether user can set new posts' dates.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated Use current_user_can()
 * @see current_user_can()
 *
 * @param int $user_id
 * @param int $blog_id Not Used
 * @param int $category_id Not Used
 * @return bool
 */
function user_can_set_post_date($user_id, $blog_id = 1, $category_id = 'None') {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'current_user_can()');

        $author_data = get_userdata($user_id);
        return (($author_data->user_level > 4) && user_can_create_post($user_id, $blog_id, $category_id));
}

/**
 * Whether user can delete a post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated Use current_user_can()
 * @see current_user_can()
 *
 * @param int $user_id
 * @param int $post_id
 * @param int $blog_id Not Used
 * @return bool returns true if $user_id can edit $post_id's date
 */
function user_can_edit_post_date($user_id, $post_id, $blog_id = 1) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'current_user_can()');

        $author_data = get_userdata($user_id);
        return (($author_data->user_level > 4) && user_can_edit_post($user_id, $post_id, $blog_id));
}

/**
 * Whether user can delete a post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated Use current_user_can()
 * @see current_user_can()
 *
 * @param int $user_id
 * @param int $post_id
 * @param int $blog_id Not Used
 * @return bool returns true if $user_id can edit $post_id's comments
 */
function user_can_edit_post_comments($user_id, $post_id, $blog_id = 1) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'current_user_can()');

        // right now if one can edit a post, one can edit comments made on it
        return user_can_edit_post($user_id, $post_id, $blog_id);
}

/**
 * Whether user can delete a post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated Use current_user_can()
 * @see current_user_can()
 *
 * @param int $user_id
 * @param int $post_id
 * @param int $blog_id Not Used
 * @return bool returns true if $user_id can delete $post_id's comments
 */
function user_can_delete_post_comments($user_id, $post_id, $blog_id = 1) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'current_user_can()');

        // right now if one can edit comments, one can delete comments
        return user_can_edit_post_comments($user_id, $post_id, $blog_id);
}

/**
 * Can user can edit other user.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated Use current_user_can()
 * @see current_user_can()
 *
 * @param int $user_id
 * @param int $other_user
 * @return bool
 */
function user_can_edit_user($user_id, $other_user) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'current_user_can()');

        $user  = get_userdata($user_id);
        $other = get_userdata($other_user);
        if ( $user->user_level > $other->user_level || $user->user_level > 8 || $user->ID == $other->ID )
                return true;
        else
                return false;
}

/**
 * Gets the links associated with category $cat_name.
 *
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated Use get_links()
 * @see get_links()
 *
 * @param string $cat_name Optional. The category name to use. If no match is found uses all.
 * @param string $before Optional. The html to output before the link.
 * @param string $after Optional. The html to output after the link.
 * @param string $between Optional. The html to output between the link/image and it's description. Not used if no image or $show_images is true.
 * @param bool $show_images Optional. Whether to show images (if defined).
 * @param string $orderby Optional. The order to output the links. E.g. 'id', 'name', 'url', 'description' or 'rating'. Or maybe owner.
 *              If you start the name with an underscore the order will be reversed. You can also specify 'rand' as the order which will return links in a
 *              random order.
 * @param bool $show_description Optional. Whether to show the description if show_images=false/not defined.
 * @param bool $show_rating Optional. Show rating stars/chars.
 * @param int $limit            Optional. Limit to X entries. If not specified, all entries are shown.
 * @param int $show_updated Optional. Whether to show last updated timestamp
 */
function get_linksbyname($cat_name = "noname", $before = '', $after = '<br />', $between = " ", $show_images = true, $orderby = 'id',
                                                 $show_description = true, $show_rating = false,
                                                 $limit = -1, $show_updated = 0) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'get_links()');

        $cat_id = -1;
        $cat = get_term_by('name', $cat_name, 'link_category');
        if ( $cat )
                $cat_id = $cat->term_id;

        get_links($cat_id, $before, $after, $between, $show_images, $orderby, $show_description, $show_rating, $limit, $show_updated);
}

/**
 * Gets the links associated with the named category.
 *
 * @since 1.0.1
 * @deprecated Use wp_get_links()
 * @see wp_get_links()
 *
 * @param string $category The category to use.
 * @param string $args
 * @return bool|null
 */
function wp_get_linksbyname($category, $args = '') {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'wp_get_links()');

        $cat = get_term_by('name', $category, 'link_category');
        if ( !$cat )
                return false;
        $cat_id = $cat->term_id;

        $args = add_query_arg('category', $cat_id, $args);
        wp_get_links($args);
}

/**
 * Gets an array of link objects associated with category $cat_name.
 *
 * <code>
 *      $links = get_linkobjectsbyname('fred');
 *      foreach ($links as $link) {
 *              echo '<li>'.$link->link_name.'</li>';
 *      }
 * </code>
 *
 * @since 1.0.1
 * @deprecated Use get_linkobjects()
 * @see get_linkobjects()
 *
 * @param string $cat_name The category name to use. If no match is found uses all.
 * @param string $orderby The order to output the links. E.g. 'id', 'name', 'url', 'description', or 'rating'.
 *              Or maybe owner. If you start the name with an underscore the order will be reversed. You can also
 *              specify 'rand' as the order which will return links in a random order.
 * @param int $limit Limit to X entries. If not specified, all entries are shown.
 * @return unknown
 */
function get_linkobjectsbyname($cat_name = "noname" , $orderby = 'name', $limit = -1) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'get_linkobjects()');

        $cat_id = -1;
        $cat = get_term_by('name', $cat_name, 'link_category');
        if ( $cat )
                $cat_id = $cat->term_id;

        return get_linkobjects($cat_id, $orderby, $limit);
}

/**
 * Gets an array of link objects associated with category n.
 *
 * Usage:
 * <code>
 *      $links = get_linkobjects(1);
 *      if ($links) {
 *              foreach ($links as $link) {
 *                      echo '<li>'.$link->link_name.'<br />'.$link->link_description.'</li>';
 *              }
 *      }
 * </code>
 *
 * Fields are:
 * <ol>
 *      <li>link_id</li>
 *      <li>link_url</li>
 *      <li>link_name</li>
 *      <li>link_image</li>
 *      <li>link_target</li>
 *      <li>link_category</li>
 *      <li>link_description</li>
 *      <li>link_visible</li>
 *      <li>link_owner</li>
 *      <li>link_rating</li>
 *      <li>link_updated</li>
 *      <li>link_rel</li>
 *      <li>link_notes</li>
 * </ol>
 *
 * @since 1.0.1
 * @deprecated Use get_bookmarks()
 * @see get_bookmarks()
 *
 * @param int $category The category to use. If no category supplied uses all
 * @param string $orderby the order to output the links. E.g. 'id', 'name', 'url',
 *              'description', or 'rating'. Or maybe owner. If you start the name with an
 *              underscore the order will be reversed. You can also specify 'rand' as the
 *              order which will return links in a random order.
 * @param int $limit Limit to X entries. If not specified, all entries are shown.
 * @return unknown
 */
function get_linkobjects($category = 0, $orderby = 'name', $limit = 0) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'get_bookmarks()');

        $links = get_bookmarks("category=$category&orderby=$orderby&limit=$limit");

        $links_array = array();
        foreach ($links as $link)
                $links_array[] = $link;

        return $links_array;
}

/**
 * Gets the links associated with category 'cat_name' and display rating stars/chars.
 *
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated Use get_bookmarks()
 * @see get_bookmarks()
 *
 * @param string $cat_name The category name to use. If no match is found uses all
 * @param string $before The html to output before the link
 * @param string $after The html to output after the link
 * @param string $between The html to output between the link/image and it's description. Not used if no image or show_images is true
 * @param bool $show_images Whether to show images (if defined).
 * @param string $orderby the order to output the links. E.g. 'id', 'name', 'url',
 *              'description', or 'rating'. Or maybe owner. If you start the name with an
 *              underscore the order will be reversed. You can also specify 'rand' as the
 *              order which will return links in a random order.
 * @param bool $show_description Whether to show the description if show_images=false/not defined
 * @param int $limit Limit to X entries. If not specified, all entries are shown.
 * @param int $show_updated Whether to show last updated timestamp
 */
function get_linksbyname_withrating($cat_name = "noname", $before = '', $after = '<br />', $between = " ",
                                                                        $show_images = true, $orderby = 'id', $show_description = true, $limit = -1, $show_updated = 0) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'get_bookmarks()');

        get_linksbyname($cat_name, $before, $after, $between, $show_images, $orderby, $show_description, true, $limit, $show_updated);
}

/**
 * Gets the links associated with category n and display rating stars/chars.
 *
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated Use get_bookmarks()
 * @see get_bookmarks()
 *
 * @param int $category The category to use. If no category supplied uses all
 * @param string $before The html to output before the link
 * @param string $after The html to output after the link
 * @param string $between The html to output between the link/image and it's description. Not used if no image or show_images == true
 * @param bool $show_images Whether to show images (if defined).
 * @param string $orderby The order to output the links. E.g. 'id', 'name', 'url',
 *              'description', or 'rating'. Or maybe owner. If you start the name with an
 *              underscore the order will be reversed. You can also specify 'rand' as the
 *              order which will return links in a random order.
 * @param bool $show_description Whether to show the description if show_images=false/not defined.
 * @param string $limit Limit to X entries. If not specified, all entries are shown.
 * @param int $show_updated Whether to show last updated timestamp
 */
function get_links_withrating($category = -1, $before = '', $after = '<br />', $between = " ", $show_images = true,
                                                          $orderby = 'id', $show_description = true, $limit = -1, $show_updated = 0) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'get_bookmarks()');

        get_links($category, $before, $after, $between, $show_images, $orderby, $show_description, true, $limit, $show_updated);
}

/**
 * Gets the auto_toggle setting.
 *
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated No alternative function available
 *
 * @param int $id The category to get. If no category supplied uses 0
 * @return int Only returns 0.
 */
function get_autotoggle($id = 0) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0' );
        return 0;
}

/**
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated Use wp_list_categories()
 * @see wp_list_categories()
 *
 * @param int $optionall
 * @param string $all
 * @param string $sort_column
 * @param string $sort_order
 * @param string $file
 * @param bool $list
 * @param int $optiondates
 * @param int $optioncount
 * @param int $hide_empty
 * @param int $use_desc_for_title
 * @param bool $children
 * @param int $child_of
 * @param int $categories
 * @param int $recurse
 * @param string $feed
 * @param string $feed_image
 * @param string $exclude
 * @param bool $hierarchical
 * @return unknown
 */
function list_cats($optionall = 1, $all = 'All', $sort_column = 'ID', $sort_order = 'asc', $file = '', $list = true, $optiondates = 0,
                                   $optioncount = 0, $hide_empty = 1, $use_desc_for_title = 1, $children=false, $child_of=0, $categories=0,
                                   $recurse=0, $feed = '', $feed_image = '', $exclude = '', $hierarchical=false) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'wp_list_categories()');

        $query = compact('optionall', 'all', 'sort_column', 'sort_order', 'file', 'list', 'optiondates', 'optioncount', 'hide_empty', 'use_desc_for_title', 'children',
                'child_of', 'categories', 'recurse', 'feed', 'feed_image', 'exclude', 'hierarchical');
        return wp_list_cats($query);
}

/**
 * @since 1.2
 * @deprecated Use wp_list_categories()
 * @see wp_list_categories()
 *
 * @param string|array $args
 * @return unknown
 */
function wp_list_cats($args = '') {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'wp_list_categories()');

        $r = wp_parse_args( $args );

        // Map to new names.
        if ( isset($r['optionall']) && isset($r['all']))
                $r['show_option_all'] = $r['all'];
        if ( isset($r['sort_column']) )
                $r['orderby'] = $r['sort_column'];
        if ( isset($r['sort_order']) )
                $r['order'] = $r['sort_order'];
        if ( isset($r['optiondates']) )
                $r['show_last_update'] = $r['optiondates'];
        if ( isset($r['optioncount']) )
                $r['show_count'] = $r['optioncount'];
        if ( isset($r['list']) )
                $r['style'] = $r['list'] ? 'list' : 'break';
        $r['title_li'] = '';

        return wp_list_categories($r);
}

/**
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated Use wp_dropdown_categories()
 * @see wp_dropdown_categories()
 *
 * @param int $optionall
 * @param string $all
 * @param string $orderby
 * @param string $order
 * @param int $show_last_update
 * @param int $show_count
 * @param int $hide_empty
 * @param bool $optionnone
 * @param int $selected
 * @param int $exclude
 * @return unknown
 */
function dropdown_cats($optionall = 1, $all = 'All', $orderby = 'ID', $order = 'asc',
                $show_last_update = 0, $show_count = 0, $hide_empty = 1, $optionnone = false,
                $selected = 0, $exclude = 0) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'wp_dropdown_categories()');

        $show_option_all = '';
        if ( $optionall )
                $show_option_all = $all;

        $show_option_none = '';
        if ( $optionnone )
                $show_option_none = __('None');

        $vars = compact('show_option_all', 'show_option_none', 'orderby', 'order',
                                        'show_last_update', 'show_count', 'hide_empty', 'selected', 'exclude');
        $query = add_query_arg($vars, '');
        return wp_dropdown_categories($query);
}

/**
 * @since 2.1
 * @deprecated Use wp_tiny_mce().
 * @see wp_tiny_mce()
 */
function tinymce_include() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'wp_tiny_mce()');

        wp_tiny_mce();
}

/**
 * @since 1.2
 * @deprecated Use wp_list_authors()
 * @see wp_list_authors()
 *
 * @param bool $optioncount
 * @param bool $exclude_admin
 * @param bool $show_fullname
 * @param bool $hide_empty
 * @param string $feed
 * @param string $feed_image
 * @return unknown
 */
function list_authors($optioncount = false, $exclude_admin = true, $show_fullname = false, $hide_empty = true, $feed = '', $feed_image = '') {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'wp_list_authors()');

        $args = compact('optioncount', 'exclude_admin', 'show_fullname', 'hide_empty', 'feed', 'feed_image');
        return wp_list_authors($args);
}

/**
 * @since 1.0.1
 * @deprecated Use wp_get_post_categories()
 * @see wp_get_post_categories()
 *
 * @param int $blogid Not Used
 * @param int $post_ID
 * @return unknown
 */
function wp_get_post_cats($blogid = '1', $post_ID = 0) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'wp_get_post_categories()');
        return wp_get_post_categories($post_ID);
}

/**
 * Sets the categories that the post id belongs to.
 *
 * @since 1.0.1
 * @deprecated Use wp_set_post_categories()
 * @see wp_set_post_categories()
 *
 * @param int $blogid Not used
 * @param int $post_ID
 * @param array $post_categories
 * @return unknown
 */
function wp_set_post_cats($blogid = '1', $post_ID = 0, $post_categories = array()) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'wp_set_post_categories()');
        return wp_set_post_categories($post_ID, $post_categories);
}

/**
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated Use wp_get_archives()
 * @see wp_get_archives()
 *
 * @param string $type
 * @param string $limit
 * @param string $format
 * @param string $before
 * @param string $after
 * @param bool $show_post_count
 * @return unknown
 */
function get_archives($type='', $limit='', $format='html', $before = '', $after = '', $show_post_count = false) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'wp_get_archives()');
        $args = compact('type', 'limit', 'format', 'before', 'after', 'show_post_count');
        return wp_get_archives($args);
}

/**
 * Returns or Prints link to the author's posts.
 *
 * @since 1.2
 * @deprecated Use get_author_posts_url()
 * @see get_author_posts_url()
 *
 * @param bool $echo Optional.
 * @param int $author_id Required.
 * @param string $author_nicename Optional.
 * @return string|null
 */
function get_author_link($echo = false, $author_id, $author_nicename = '') {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'get_author_posts_url()');

        $link = get_author_posts_url($author_id, $author_nicename);

        if ( $echo )
                echo $link;
        return $link;
}

/**
 * Print list of pages based on arguments.
 *
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated Use wp_link_pages()
 * @see wp_link_pages()
 *
 * @param string $before
 * @param string $after
 * @param string $next_or_number
 * @param string $nextpagelink
 * @param string $previouspagelink
 * @param string $pagelink
 * @param string $more_file
 * @return string
 */
function link_pages($before='<br />', $after='<br />', $next_or_number='number', $nextpagelink='next page', $previouspagelink='previous page',
                                        $pagelink='%', $more_file='') {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'wp_link_pages()');

        $args = compact('before', 'after', 'next_or_number', 'nextpagelink', 'previouspagelink', 'pagelink', 'more_file');
        return wp_link_pages($args);
}

/**
 * Get value based on option.
 *
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated Use get_option()
 * @see get_option()
 *
 * @param string $option
 * @return string
 */
function get_settings($option) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'get_option()');

        return get_option($option);
}

/**
 * Print the permalink of the current post in the loop.
 *
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated Use the_permalink()
 * @see the_permalink()
 */
function permalink_link() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'the_permalink()');
        the_permalink();
}

/**
 * Print the permalink to the RSS feed.
 *
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated Use the_permalink_rss()
 * @see the_permalink_rss()
 *
 * @param string $file
 */
function permalink_single_rss($deprecated = '') {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'the_permalink_rss()');
        the_permalink_rss();
}

/**
 * Gets the links associated with category.
 *
 * @see get_links() for argument information that can be used in $args
 * @since 1.0.1
 * @deprecated Use get_bookmarks()
 * @see get_bookmarks()
 *
 * @param string $args a query string
 * @return null|string
 */
function wp_get_links($args = '') {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'get_bookmarks()');

        if ( strpos( $args, '=' ) === false ) {
                $cat_id = $args;
                $args = add_query_arg( 'category', $cat_id, $args );
        }

        $defaults = array(
                'category' => -1, 'before' => '',
                'after' => '<br />', 'between' => ' ',
                'show_images' => true, 'orderby' => 'name',
                'show_description' => true, 'show_rating' => false,
                'limit' => -1, 'show_updated' => true,
                'echo' => true
        );

        $r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
        extract( $r, EXTR_SKIP );

        return get_links($category, $before, $after, $between, $show_images, $orderby, $show_description, $show_rating, $limit, $show_updated, $echo);
}

/**
 * Gets the links associated with category by id.
 *
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated Use get_bookmarks()
 * @see get_bookmarks()
 *
 * @param int $category The category to use. If no category supplied uses all
 * @param string $before the html to output before the link
 * @param string $after the html to output after the link
 * @param string $between the html to output between the link/image and its description.
 *              Not used if no image or show_images == true
 * @param bool $show_images whether to show images (if defined).
 * @param string $orderby the order to output the links. E.g. 'id', 'name', 'url',
 *              'description', or 'rating'. Or maybe owner. If you start the name with an
 *              underscore the order will be reversed. You can also specify 'rand' as the order
 *              which will return links in a random order.
 * @param bool $show_description whether to show the description if show_images=false/not defined.
 * @param bool $show_rating show rating stars/chars
 * @param int $limit Limit to X entries. If not specified, all entries are shown.
 * @param int $show_updated whether to show last updated timestamp
 * @param bool $echo whether to echo the results, or return them instead
 * @return null|string
 */
function get_links($category = -1, $before = '', $after = '<br />', $between = ' ', $show_images = true, $orderby = 'name',
                        $show_description = true, $show_rating = false, $limit = -1, $show_updated = 1, $echo = true) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'get_bookmarks()');

        $order = 'ASC';
        if ( substr($orderby, 0, 1) == '_' ) {
                $order = 'DESC';
                $orderby = substr($orderby, 1);
        }

        if ( $category == -1 ) //get_bookmarks uses '' to signify all categories
                $category = '';

        $results = get_bookmarks("category=$category&orderby=$orderby&order=$order&show_updated=$show_updated&limit=$limit");

        if ( !$results )
                return;

        $output = '';

        foreach ( (array) $results as $row ) {
                if ( !isset($row->recently_updated) )
                        $row->recently_updated = false;
                $output .= $before;
                if ( $show_updated && $row->recently_updated )
                        $output .= get_option('links_recently_updated_prepend');
                $the_link = '#';
                if ( !empty($row->link_url) )
                        $the_link = esc_url($row->link_url);
                $rel = $row->link_rel;
                if ( '' != $rel )
                        $rel = ' rel="' . $rel . '"';

                $desc = esc_attr(sanitize_bookmark_field('link_description', $row->link_description, $row->link_id, 'display'));
                $name = esc_attr(sanitize_bookmark_field('link_name', $row->link_name, $row->link_id, 'display'));
                $title = $desc;

                if ( $show_updated )
                        if (substr($row->link_updated_f, 0, 2) != '00')
                                $title .= ' ('.__('Last updated') . ' ' . date(get_option('links_updated_date_format'), $row->link_updated_f + (get_option('gmt_offset') * 3600)) . ')';

                if ( '' != $title )
                        $title = ' title="' . $title . '"';

                $alt = ' alt="' . $name . '"';

                $target = $row->link_target;
                if ( '' != $target )
                        $target = ' target="' . $target . '"';

                $output .= '<a href="' . $the_link . '"' . $rel . $title . $target. '>';

                if ( $row->link_image != null && $show_images ) {
                        if ( strpos($row->link_image, 'http') !== false )
                                $output .= "<img src=\"$row->link_image\" $alt $title />";
                        else // If it's a relative path
                                $output .= "<img src=\"" . get_option('siteurl') . "$row->link_image\" $alt $title />";
                } else {
                        $output .= $name;
                }

                $output .= '</a>';

                if ( $show_updated && $row->recently_updated )
                        $output .= get_option('links_recently_updated_append');

                if ( $show_description && '' != $desc )
                        $output .= $between . $desc;

                if ($show_rating) {
                        $output .= $between . get_linkrating($row);
                }

                $output .= "$after\n";
        } // end while

        if ( !$echo )
                return $output;
        echo $output;
}

/**
 * Output entire list of links by category.
 *
 * Output a list of all links, listed by category, using the settings in
 * $wpdb->linkcategories and output it as a nested HTML unordered list.
 *
 * @author Dougal
 * @since 1.0.1
 * @deprecated Use wp_list_bookmarks()
 * @see wp_list_bookmarks()
 *
 * @param string $order Sort link categories by 'name' or 'id'
 * @param string $$deprecated Not Used
 */
function get_links_list($order = 'name', $deprecated = '') {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'wp_list_bookmarks()');

        $order = strtolower($order);

        // Handle link category sorting
        $direction = 'ASC';
        if ( '_' == substr($order,0,1) ) {
                $direction = 'DESC';
                $order = substr($order,1);
        }

        if ( !isset($direction) )
                $direction = '';

        $cats = get_categories("type=link&orderby=$order&order=$direction&hierarchical=0");

        // Display each category
        if ( $cats ) {
                foreach ( (array) $cats as $cat ) {
                        // Handle each category.

                        // Display the category name
                        echo '  <li id="linkcat-' . $cat->term_id . '" class="linkcat"><h2>' . apply_filters('link_category', $cat->name ) . "</h2>\n\t<ul>\n";
                        // Call get_links() with all the appropriate params
                        get_links($cat->term_id, '<li>', "</li>", "\n", true, 'name', false);

                        // Close the last category
                        echo "\n\t</ul>\n</li>\n";
                }
        }
}

/**
 * Show the link to the links popup and the number of links.
 *
 * @author Fullo
 * @link http://sprite.csr.unibo.it/fullo/
 *
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated {@internal Use function instead is unknown}}
 *
 * @param string $text the text of the link
 * @param int $width the width of the popup window
 * @param int $height the height of the popup window
 * @param string $file the page to open in the popup window
 * @param bool $count the number of links in the db
 */
function links_popup_script($text = 'Links', $width=400, $height=400, $file='links.all.php', $count = true) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0' );

        if ( $count )
                $counts = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->links");

        $javascript = "<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"javascript:window.open('$file?popup=1', '_blank', 'width=$width,height=$height,scrollbars=yes,status=no'); return false\">";
        $javascript .= $text;

        if ( $count )
                $javascript .= " ($counts)";

        $javascript .= "</a>\n\n";
                echo $javascript;
}

/**
 * @since 1.0.1
 * @deprecated Use sanitize_bookmark_field()
 * @see sanitize_bookmark_field()
 *
 * @param object $link
 * @return unknown
 */
function get_linkrating($link) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'sanitize_bookmark_field()');
        return sanitize_bookmark_field('link_rating', $link->link_rating, $link->link_id, 'display');
}

/**
 * Gets the name of category by id.
 *
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated Use get_category()
 * @see get_category()
 *
 * @param int $id The category to get. If no category supplied uses 0
 * @return string
 */
function get_linkcatname($id = 0) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'get_category()');

        $id = (int) $id;

        if ( empty($id) )
                return '';

        $cats = wp_get_link_cats($id);

        if ( empty($cats) || ! is_array($cats) )
                return '';

        $cat_id = (int) $cats[0]; // Take the first cat.

        $cat = get_category($cat_id);
        return $cat->name;
}

/**
 * Print RSS comment feed link.
 *
 * @since 1.0.1
 * @deprecated Use post_comments_feed_link()
 * @see post_comments_feed_link()
 *
 * @param string $link_text
 * @param string $deprecated Not used
 */
function comments_rss_link($link_text = 'Comments RSS', $deprecated = '') {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'post_comments_feed_link()');
        post_comments_feed_link($link_text);
}

/**
 * Print/Return link to category RSS2 feed.
 *
 * @since 1.2
 * @deprecated Use get_category_feed_link()
 * @see get_category_feed_link()
 *
 * @param bool $echo
 * @param int $cat_ID
 * @param string $deprecated Not used
 * @return string|null
 */
function get_category_rss_link($echo = false, $cat_ID = 1, $deprecated = '') {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'get_category_feed_link()');

        $link = get_category_feed_link($cat_ID, 'rss2');

        if ( $echo )
                echo $link;
        return $link;
}

/**
 * Print/Return link to author RSS feed.
 *
 * @since 1.2
 * @deprecated Use get_author_feed_link()
 * @see get_author_feed_link()
 *
 * @param bool $echo
 * @param int $author_id
 * @param string $deprecated Not used
 * @return string|null
 */
function get_author_rss_link($echo = false, $author_id = 1, $deprecated = '') {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '0.0', 'get_author_feed_link()');

        $link = get_author_feed_link($author_id);
        if ( $echo )
                echo $link;
        return $link;
}

/**
 * Return link to the post RSS feed.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated Use get_post_comments_feed_link()
 * @see get_post_comments_feed_link()
 *
 * @param string $deprecated Not used
 * @return string
 */
function comments_rss($deprecated = '') {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.2', 'get_post_comments_feed_link()');
        return get_post_comments_feed_link();
}

/**
 * An alias of wp_create_user().
 *
 * @param string $username The user's username.
 * @param string $password The user's password.
 * @param string $email The user's email (optional).
 * @return int The new user's ID.
 * @deprecated Use wp_create_user()
 * @see wp_create_user()
 */
function create_user($username, $password, $email) {
        _deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.0', 'wp_create_user()' );
        return wp_create_user($username, $password, $email);
}

/**
 * Unused Admin function.
 *
 * @since 2.0
 * @param string $deprecated Unknown
 * @deprecated 2.5
 */
function documentation_link( $deprecated = '' ) {
        _deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.5', '' );
        return;
}

/**
 * Unused function.
 *
 * @deprecated 2.5
*/
function gzip_compression() {
        return false;
}

/**
 * Retrieve an array of comment data about comment $comment_ID.
 *
 * @deprecated Use get_comment()
 * @see get_comment()
 * @since 0.71
 *
 * @uses $id
 * @uses $wpdb Database Object
 *
 * @param int $comment_ID The ID of the comment
 * @param int $no_cache Whether to use the cache or not (casted to bool)
 * @param bool $include_unapproved Whether to include unapproved comments or not
 * @return array The comment data
 */
function get_commentdata( $comment_ID, $no_cache = 0, $include_unapproved = false ) {
        _deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.7', 'get_comment()' );
        return get_comment($comment_ID, ARRAY_A);
}

/**
 * Retrieve the category name by the category ID.
 *
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated Use get_cat_name()
 * @see get_cat_name() get_catname() is deprecated in favor of get_cat_name().
 *
 * @param int $cat_ID Category ID
 * @return string category name
 */
function get_catname( $cat_ID ) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'get_cat_name()');
        return get_cat_name( $cat_ID );
}

/**
 * Retrieve category children list separated before and after the term IDs.
 *
 * @since 1.2.0
 *
 * @param int $id Category ID to retrieve children.
 * @param string $before Optional. Prepend before category term ID.
 * @param string $after Optional, default is empty string. Append after category term ID.
 * @param array $visited Optional. Category Term IDs that have already been added.
 * @return string
 */
function get_category_children( $id, $before = '/', $after = '', $visited = array() ) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'get_term_children()');
        if ( 0 == $id )
                return '';

        $chain = '';
        /** TODO: consult hierarchy */
        $cat_ids = get_all_category_ids();
        foreach ( (array) $cat_ids as $cat_id ) {
                if ( $cat_id == $id )
                        continue;

                $category = get_category( $cat_id );
                if ( is_wp_error( $category ) )
                        return $category;
                if ( $category->parent == $id && !in_array( $category->term_id, $visited ) ) {
                        $visited[] = $category->term_id;
                        $chain .= $before.$category->term_id.$after;
                        $chain .= get_category_children( $category->term_id, $before, $after );
                }
        }
        return $chain;
}

/**
 * Retrieve the description of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @uses $authordata The current author's DB object.
 * @return string The author's description.
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('description')
 */
function get_the_author_description() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'get_the_author_meta(\'description\')' );
        return get_the_author_meta('description');
}

/**
 * Display the description of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_description
 * @since 1.0.0
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('description')
 */
function the_author_description() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'the_author_meta(\'description\')' );
        the_author_meta('description');
}

/**
 * Retrieve the login name of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @uses $authordata The current author's DB object.
 * @return string The author's login name (username).
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('login')
 */
function get_the_author_login() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'get_the_author_meta(\'login\')' );
        return get_the_author_meta('login');
}

/**
 * Display the login name of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_login
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('login')
 */
function the_author_login() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'the_author_meta(\'login\')' );
        the_author_meta('login');
}

/**
 * Retrieve the first name of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @uses $authordata The current author's DB object.
 * @return string The author's first name.
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('first_name')
 */
function get_the_author_firstname() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'get_the_author_meta(\'first_name\')' );
        return get_the_author_meta('first_name');
}

/**
 * Display the first name of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_firstname
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('first_name')
 */
function the_author_firstname() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'the_author_meta(\'first_name\')' );
        the_author_meta('first_name');
}

/**
 * Retrieve the last name of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @uses $authordata The current author's DB object.
 * @return string The author's last name.
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('last_name')
 */
function get_the_author_lastname() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'get_the_author_meta(\'last_name\')' );
        return get_the_author_meta('last_name');
}

/**
 * Display the last name of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_lastname
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('last_name')
 */
function the_author_lastname() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'the_author_meta(\'last_name\')' );
        the_author_meta('last_name');
}

/**
 * Retrieve the nickname of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @uses $authordata The current author's DB object.
 * @return string The author's nickname.
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('nickname')
 */
function get_the_author_nickname() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'get_the_author_meta(\'nickname\')' );
        return get_the_author_meta('nickname');
}

/**
 * Display the nickname of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_nickname
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('nickname')
 */
function the_author_nickname() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'the_author_meta(\'nickname\')' );
        the_author_meta('nickname');
}

/**
 * Retrieve the email of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @uses $authordata The current author's DB object.
 * @return string The author's username.
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('email')
 */
function get_the_author_email() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'get_the_author_meta(\'email\')' );
        return get_the_author_meta('email');
}

/**
 * Display the email of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_email
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('email')
 */
function the_author_email() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'the_author_meta(\'email\')' );
        the_author_meta('email');
}

/**
 * Retrieve the ICQ number of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @uses $authordata The current author's DB object.
 * @return string The author's ICQ number.
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('icq')
 */
function get_the_author_icq() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'get_the_author_meta(\'icq\')' );
        return get_the_author_meta('icq');
}

/**
 * Display the ICQ number of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_icq
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @see get_the_author_icq()
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('icq')
 */
function the_author_icq() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'the_author_meta(\'icq\')' );
        the_author_meta('icq');
}

/**
 * Retrieve the Yahoo! IM name of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @uses $authordata The current author's DB object.
 * @return string The author's Yahoo! IM name.
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('yim')
 */
function get_the_author_yim() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'get_the_author_meta(\'yim\')' );
        return get_the_author_meta('yim');
}

/**
 * Display the Yahoo! IM name of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_yim
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('yim')
 */
function the_author_yim() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'the_author_meta(\'yim\')' );
        the_author_meta('yim');
}

/**
 * Retrieve the MSN address of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @uses $authordata The current author's DB object.
 * @return string The author's MSN address.
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('msn')
 */
function get_the_author_msn() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'get_the_author_meta(\'msn\')' );
        return get_the_author_meta('msn');
}

/**
 * Display the MSN address of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_msn
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @see get_the_author_msn()
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('msn')
 */
function the_author_msn() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'the_author_meta(\'msn\')' );
        the_author_meta('msn');
}

/**
 * Retrieve the AIM address of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @uses $authordata The current author's DB object.
 * @return string The author's AIM address.
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('aim')
 */
function get_the_author_aim() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'get_the_author_meta(\'aim\')' );
        return get_the_author_meta('aim');
}

/**
 * Display the AIM address of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_aim
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @see get_the_author_aim()
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('aim')
 */
function the_author_aim() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'the_author_meta(\'aim\')' );
        the_author_meta('aim');
}

/**
 * Retrieve the specified author's preferred display name.
 *
 * @since 1.0.0
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @param int $auth_id The ID of the author.
 * @return string The author's display name.
 * @deprecated Use the_author_meta('display_name')
 */
function get_author_name( $auth_id = false ) {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'get_the_author_meta(\'display_name\')' );
        return get_the_author_meta('display_name', $auth_id);
}

/**
 * Retrieve the URL to the home page of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @uses $authordata The current author's DB object.
 * @return string The URL to the author's page.
 */
function get_the_author_url() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'get_the_author_meta(\'url\')' );
        return get_the_author_meta('url');
}

/**
 * Display the URL to the home page of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_url
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated 2.8
 */
function the_author_url() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'the_author_meta(\'url\')' );
        the_author_meta('url');
}

/**
 * Retrieve the ID of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @return int The author's ID.
 */
function get_the_author_ID() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'get_the_author_meta(\'ID\')' );
        return get_the_author_meta('ID');
}

/**
 * Display the ID of the author of the current post.
 *
 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_ID
 * @since 0.71
 * @deprecated 2.8
 * @uses get_the_author_ID()
*/
function the_author_ID() {
        _deprecated_function(__FUNCTION__, '2.8', 'the_author_meta(\'ID\')' );
        the_author_meta('ID');
}

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