Title: create_function is deprecated from php 7.2
Last modified: June 6, 2019

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# create_function is deprecated from php 7.2

 *  [Jesper V Nielsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jesperher/)
 * (@jesperher)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create_function-is-deprecated-from-php-7-2/)
 * create_function is deprecated from php 7.2, and this plugin should be updated.
   🙂
    [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.create-function.php](https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.create-function.php)
 * in file: /wp-charts/inc/charts-widget.php
 * around line 165.
 * Change this
    `add_action('widgets_init', create_function('', 'return register_widget("
   WP_Charts_Widget");'));`
 * To this
    `add_action('widgets_init', function() { return register_widget("WP_Charts_Widget");});`
 * OR use this for compatibility with older php versions.
 *     ```
        add_action('widgets_init', 'charts_widget_register_widget' );
        function charts_widget_register_widget() {
        	return register_widget("WP_Charts_Widget");
        }
       ```
   

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 * [create_function](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/create_function/)
 * [PHP 7.2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php-7-2/)

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 * Last reply from: [Jesper V Nielsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jesperher/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create_function-is-deprecated-from-php-7-2/)
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