Title: bug PHP 7 create_function() is deprecated
Last modified: January 20, 2018

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# bug PHP 7 create_function() is deprecated

 *  Resolved [audioscavenger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/audioscavenger/)
 * (@audioscavenger)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-php-7-create_function-is-deprecated/)
 * This occurs with latest plugin version + PHP 7.2
 * Deprecated: Function create_function() is deprecated in /path/wp-content/plugins/
   simple-tags/simple-tags.php on line 80

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 *  Thread Starter [audioscavenger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/audioscavenger/)
 * (@audioscavenger)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-php-7-create_function-is-deprecated/#post-9885569)
 * just replace
 *     ```
       add_action( 'widgets_init', create_function( '', 'return register_widget("SimpleTags_Widget");' ) );
       ```
   
 * by
 *     ```
       // Init Simple Tags widget
       function simple_tags_register_widget() {
         return register_widget("SimpleTags_Widget");
       }
         add_action( 'widgets_init', 'simple_tags_register_widget' );
       ```
   

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## Tags

 * [create_function](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/create_function/)
 * [deprecated](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/deprecated/)
 * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/)

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 * Last reply from: [audioscavenger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/audioscavenger/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-php-7-create_function-is-deprecated/#post-9885569)
 * Status: resolved