Email Before Download plugin incompatible with PHP7

I originally posted this as a review, as I got lost in the new WordPress plugins theme… I think it’s better placed here.

https://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/problems-with-php-7-2/

Unfortunately this plugin seems to break with PHP7.

FILE: /wp-content/plugins/email-before-download/download.php
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FOUND 1 ERROR AFFECTING 1 LINE
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 253 | ERROR | preg_replace() - /e modifier is deprecated since PHP 5.5 and removed since PHP 7.0
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The line in question from download.php is:

$match[1] = preg_replace('/(?<=^|[\x09\x20\x2D])./e', 'strtoupper("\0")', strtolower(trim($match[1])));

Please could the plugin be updated ASAP for PHP7 compatibility by the author?

Failing that, if anyone else knows how to correct this for PHP7 with a simple patch, I’d love to hear about it!

Thanks!

• This topic was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by lukescammell. Reason: Added plugin name to title