Title: create_function is deprecated in PHP 7.2
Last modified: September 4, 2019

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# create_function is deprecated in PHP 7.2

 *  [Rob Woodgate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robwoodgate/)
 * (@robwoodgate)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create_function-is-deprecated-in-php-7-2-7/)
 * Line 112 of latest version (0.5.5) uses a function deprecated in PHP 7.2
 * Now the minimum PHP version for WordPress has been increased, this can be replaced
   with:
 * `add_filter('pre_comment_approved', function($a) { return 'spam'; }); // thanks
   Akismet`
 * Cheers
    Rob

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 * Last reply from: [Rob Woodgate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robwoodgate/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create_function-is-deprecated-in-php-7-2-7/)
 * Status: not resolved