* by a prefix. If you want to force a specific namespace even if
* $text might begin with a namespace prefix, use makeTitle() or
* makeTitleSafe().
- * @throws MWException
+ * @throws InvalidArgumentException
* @return Title|null Title or null on an error.
*/
public static function newFromText( $text, $defaultNamespace = NS_MAIN ) {
if ( is_object( $text ) ) {
- throw new MWException( 'Title::newFromText given an object' );
+ throw new InvalidArgumentException( '$text must be a string.' );
+ } elseif ( !is_string( $text ) ) {
+ wfWarn( __METHOD__ . ': $text must be a string. This will throw an InvalidArgumentException in future.', 2 );
}
$cache = self::getTitleCache();