Ticket #10615: widget_comments_use_api.10615.diff

Index: wp-includes/default-widgets.php
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--- wp-includes/default-widgets.php     (revision 11812)
+++ wp-includes/default-widgets.php     (working copy)
@@ -633,21 +633,20 @@
                else if ( $number > 15 )
                        $number = 15;
 
-               if ( !$comments = wp_cache_get( 'recent_comments', 'widget' ) ) {
-                       $comments = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_approved = '1' ORDER BY comment_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 15");
-                       wp_cache_add( 'recent_comments', $comments, 'widget' );
-               }
+               $comments = get_comments(array('number' => $number));
 
-               $comments = array_slice( (array) $comments, 0, $number );
-?>
-               <?php echo $before_widget; ?>
-                       <?php if ( $title ) echo $before_title . $title . $after_title; ?>
-                       <ul id="recentcomments"><?php
-                       if ( $comments ) : foreach ( (array) $comments as $comment) :
-                       echo  '<li class="recentcomments">' . /* translators: comments widget: 1: comment author, 2: post link */ sprintf(_x('%1$s on %2$s', 'widgets'), get_comment_author_link(), '<a href="' . esc_url( get_comment_link($comment->comment_ID) ) . '">' . get_the_title($comment->comment_post_ID) . '</a>') . '</li>';
-                       endforeach; endif;?></ul>
-               <?php echo $after_widget; ?>
-<?php
+               echo $before_widget;
+               if ( $title ) 
+                       echo $before_title . $title . $after_title;
+
+               echo '<ul id="recentcomments">';
+               if ( $comments ) { 
+                       foreach ( (array) $comments as $comment) {
+                               echo  '<li class="recentcomments">' . /* translators: comments widget: 1: comment author, 2: post link */ sprintf(_x('%1$s on %2$s', 'widgets'), get_comment_author_link(), '<a href="' . esc_url( get_comment_link($comment->comment_ID) ) . '">' . get_the_title($comment->comment_post_ID) . '</a>') . '</li>';
+                       }
+               }
+               echo '</ul>';
+               echo $after_widget;
        }
 
        function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {