Ticket #10177: get-comments-number-text.diff

wp-includes/comment-template.php

@@ -542 +542 @@
  * @param string $zero Text for no comments
  * @param string $one Text for one comment
  * @param string $more Text for more than one comment
- * @param string $deprecated Not used.
  */
-function comments_number( $zero = false, $one = false, $more = false, $deprecated = '' ) {
+function comments_number() {
+        $args = func_get_args();
+        echo call_user_func_array( 'get_comments_number_text', $args );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return the language string for the number of comments the current post has.
+ *
+ * @since 2.9
+ * @uses $id
+ * @uses apply_filters() Calls the 'comments_number' hook on the output and number of comments respectively.
+ *
+ * @param string $zero Text for no comments
+ * @param string $one Text for one comment
+ * @param string $more Text for more than one comment
+ */
+function get_comments_number_text( $zero = false, $one = false, $more = false ) {
         global $id;
         $number = get_comments_number($id);
 
@@ -555 +570 @@
         else // must be one
                 $output = ( false === $one ) ? __('1 Comment') : $one;
 
-        echo apply_filters('comments_number', $output, $number);
+        return apply_filters('comments_number', $output, $number);
 }
 
 /**