id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
10440,is_active_sidebar not working as advertised,mortenf,azaozz,"Per the inline documentation for ""is_active_sidebar"", the single (""mixed $index"") parameter is a ""sidebar name, id or number to check"".

However, the function only works correctly in the case of number (an integer). In the case of id (e.g. ""foobar-1"") it only works correctly, when the id survives a trip through ""sanitize_title"".

In the case of trying to use a name, the function doesn't work at all, due to the array returned from ""wp_get_sidebars_widgets"" being keyed on sidebar ids (e.g. ""foobar-1"").

Either the inline documentation should be changed to reflect reality (use of a sidebar name is not possible), or the function should be fixed, perhaps by using attached patch, that uses a copy of a code fragment from ""dynamic_sidebar"" (a code fragment that could also exist by itself in a new function ""wp_sidebar_index($name)"").
",defect (bug),closed,normal,2.9,Widgets,2.8.1,normal,duplicate,has-patch,morten@… cclarkson@…