Title: Error in PHP Compatibility
Last modified: August 28, 2019

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# Error in PHP Compatibility

 *  [eugeneyoga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eugeneyoga/)
 * (@eugeneyoga)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-php-compatibility/)
 * I’d like to update out website to the most recent version of PHP (7.3), and when
   I ran a compatibility check with the PHP Compatibility Checker plugin, this plugin(
   Replace Default Words) came up with the following errors:
 * FILE: /home/eugene23/public_html/wp-content/plugins/replace-default-words/replace-
   default-words.php
    ——————————————————————————————————————————————— FOUND 4 ERRORS
   AFFECTING 2 LINES ——————————————————————————————————————————————— 83 | ERROR 
   | Function mysql_escape_string() is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed since
   PHP 7.0; Use mysqli::real_escape_string() instead 83 | ERROR | Extension ‘mysql_’
   is deprecated since PHP 5.5 and removed since PHP 7.0; Use mysqli instead 84 
   | ERROR | Function mysql_escape_string() is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed
   since PHP 7.0; Use mysqli::real_escape_string() instead 84 | ERROR | Extension‘
   mysql_’ is deprecated since PHP 5.5 and removed since PHP 7.0; Use mysqli instead———————————————————————————————————————————————
 * Please let me know if/how this will affect my update. Will the plug-in still 
   work? Is there anything I can do to fix it? Or do I need to find a similar plug-
   in to use instead? Thank you.

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 * Last reply from: [eugeneyoga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eugeneyoga/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-php-compatibility/)
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