Title: PHP 5.6 support errors on audit
Last modified: November 1, 2016

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# PHP 5.6 support errors on audit

 *  Resolved [Jeff McNeill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeffmcneill/)
 * (@jeffmcneill)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-5-6-support-errors-on-audit/)
 * Hello,
 * I’ve scanned this plugin for support for php 5.6 and have the following error
   messages. Please confirm that I can run this under php 5.6 (or not)?
 * FILE: /home/classics/public_html/wp-content/plugins/custom-related-posts/vendor/
   vafpress/includes/wpalchemy/MetaBox.php
    ———————————————————————————————————————–
   FOUND 1 ERROR AFFECTING 1 LINE ———————————————————————————————————————– 545 |
   ERROR | preg_replace() – /e modifier is deprecated since PHP 5.5 ———————————————————————————————————————–
 * FILE: /home/classics/public_html/wp-content/plugins/custom-related-posts/static/
   faq/whats_new.php
    ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
   FOUND 0 ERRORS AND 1 WARNING AFFECTING 1 LINE ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
   1 | WARNING | No PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not 
   allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP
   does not allow them. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
 * FILE: /home/classics/public_html/wp-content/plugins/custom-related-posts/static/
   faq/support.php
    ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
   FOUND 0 ERRORS AND 1 WARNING AFFECTING 1 LINE ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
   1 | WARNING | No PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not 
   allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP
   does not allow them. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

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 *  Plugin Author [Brecht](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brechtvds/)
 * (@brechtvds)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-5-6-support-errors-on-audit/#post-8380070)
 * Hi there,
 * That seems to be part of the third party library we use for the settings page.
   I’ll fix this in the next update.
    It should however not be an issue to use the
   plugin with PHP 5.6. I’ve tested it in PHP 7 and it works fine there.
 * Brecht

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-5-6-support-errors-on-audit/#post-8380070)
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