Title: PHP 7 Compatibility – preg_replace
Last modified: March 8, 2017

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# PHP 7 Compatibility – preg_replace

 *  Resolved [dylanfitzger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dylanfitzger/)
 * (@dylanfitzger)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-compatibility-preg_replace/)
 * I receive the following error when trying to validate for PHP 7.
 * FILE: ../plugins/linkify-text/linkify-text.php
    ———————————————————————————————————————————-
   FOUND 2 ERRORS AFFECTING 2 LINES ———————————————————————————————————————————-
   336 | ERROR | preg_replace() – /e modifier is deprecated since PHP 5.5 and removed
   since PHP 7.0 377 | ERROR | preg_replace() – /e modifier is deprecated since 
   PHP 5.5 and removed since PHP 7.0 ———————————————————————————————————————————-

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 *  Plugin Author [Scott Reilly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coffee2code/)
 * (@coffee2code)
 * WordPress & Plugin Developer
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-compatibility-preg_replace/#post-8896637)
 * Hi [@dylanfitzger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dylanfitzger/),
 * Thanks for the report! However, I believe the issue being reported is actually
   a shortcoming of the script or tool doing the validation.
 * The plugin file does not use the /e modifier, only /i, /u, /S.
 * ):
 * `$text = preg_replace( "~{$regex}~{$preg_flags}", $new_text, $text, $limit );`
 * The code scanner is likely seeing the “e” in the variable `$preg_flags` (which
   appears in the position a modifier is expected for `preg_replace()`). But that’s
   simply a character in a variable.
 * What code scanner are you using?
 * I have not encountered compatibility warnings or errors while running the plugin
   under PHP7. (There are some warning that will be fixed in the newest version,
   but aren’t due to PHP7.)

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 * Last reply from: [Scott Reilly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coffee2code/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-compatibility-preg_replace/#post-8896637)
 * Status: resolved