Title: Fixing PHP Compatibility Issues
Last modified: March 14, 2019

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# Fixing PHP Compatibility Issues

 *  Resolved [officelvpc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/officelvpc/)
 * (@officelvpc)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-php-compatibility-issues/)
 * Hi All,
 * I manage a web page with wordpress but am not at all familiar with html. My WordPress
   dashboard is telling me I need to update my PHP. I followed the steps to do it
   including using the plugin “PHP Compatibility Tracker” and it came up with some
   issues with my theme. I tried googling around and there were some answers to 
   my problem but I couldn’t understand them. I’m hoping if paste the issues and
   the corresponding code below and someone might be able to just tell me how to
   change them?
 * 1. Problem per the PHP Compatibility Plugin:
 * FILE: /home3/lvpc/public_html/wp-content/themes/andrinatheme/functions/admin-
   interface.php
    ———- FOUND 2 ERRORS AFFECTING 1 LINE ———- 900 | ERROR | Extension‘
   ereg’ is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed since PHP 7.0; Use pcre instead
   900 | ERROR | Function ereg_replace() is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed
   since PHP 7.0; Use preg_replace() instead
 * Full Line of Corresponding Code in admin-interface.php(this is the only place“
   ereg” shows up):
 * $jquery_click_hook = ereg_replace(“[^A-Za-z0-9]”, “”, strtolower($value[‘name’]));
 * 2. Problem per the PHP Compatibility Plugin:
 * FILE: /home3/lvpc/public_html/wp-content/themes/andrinatheme/template-contact.
   php
    ———– FOUND 2 ERRORS AFFECTING 1 LINE ———– 20 | ERROR | Extension ‘ereg’ 
   is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed since PHP 7.0; Use pcre instead 20 | 
   ERROR | Function eregi() is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed since PHP 7.0;
   Use preg_match() instead
 * Full Line of Corresponding Code in template-contact.php(this is the only place“
   ereg” shows up):
 *  } else if (!eregi(“^[A-Z0-9._%-]+@[A-Z0-9._%-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$”, trim($_POST[’
   email’]))) {
 * Thank you so much for all your help in advance!

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-php-compatibility-issues/#post-11314732)
 * You should ask your theme author to update the theme for everyone. Ask in your
   theme’s support forum.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-php-compatibility-issues/#post-11314740)
 * Since that is a commercial theme, we ask that you please go to their official
   support channel, so you can get support from the people who know it best: [https://www.inkthemes.com/community/forums/andrina-wordpress-theme.17/](https://www.inkthemes.com/community/forums/andrina-wordpress-theme.17/)
 * Forum volunteers are not given access to commercial products, so they would not
   know why it is not working properly. Other community members who may have faced
   your issue might be able to help you but your best bet is your product’s developer.
   Keep in mind we encourage you to use the official support venues, as it allows
   the developers to be aware of issues with their code and gives back to the community
   in a more robust way.
 *  Thread Starter [officelvpc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/officelvpc/)
 * (@officelvpc)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-php-compatibility-issues/#post-11314752)
 * Oh great! Thanks for the info, I’ll try to follow up in their official support
   channel.

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## Tags

 * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/)
 * [PHP compatibility](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php-compatibility/)
 * [Updating PHP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/updating-php/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [officelvpc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/officelvpc/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-php-compatibility-issues/#post-11314752)
 * Status: resolved

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