refs #5065 add back the factory() method for backward compat

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/core/Period.php b/core/Period.php
index f224dfc326..8ec4bf3345 100644
--- a/core/Period.php
+++ b/core/Period.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace Piwik;
 
 use Exception;
 use Piwik\Period\Day;
+use Piwik\Period\Factory;
 use Piwik\Period\Month;
 use Piwik\Period\Week;
 use Piwik\Period\Year;
@@ -61,6 +62,17 @@ abstract class Period
     }
 
     /**
+     * @deprecated
+     * @param $period
+     * @param $date
+     * @return Period
+     */
+    public static function factory($period, $date)
+    {
+        return Factory::build($period, $date);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Returns true if `$dateString` and `$period` represent multiple periods.
      * 
      * Will return true for date/period combinations where date references multiple