Title: PHP 7 Issue
Last modified: January 25, 2019

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# PHP 7 Issue

 *  [Marc Wiest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marclarr/)
 * (@marclarr)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-issue-3/)
 * Howdy! It appears this plugin uses the `create_function` PHP function within `
   wp247-body-classes/admin/wp247-settings-api/wp247-settings-api.class.php`. This
   function is [deprecated in PHP 7.2](http://php.net/manual/en/function.create-function.php).
   Any chance you could swiftly issue an update to allow for a higher PHP version?
   Thank you

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 *  Plugin Author [wescleveland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wescleveland/)
 * (@wescleveland)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-issue-3/#post-11160604)
 * Working on it now. Would you be interested in testing the changes before I release
   it?
 *  Plugin Author [wescleveland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wescleveland/)
 * (@wescleveland)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-issue-3/#post-11161153)
 * Marc,
 * Thanks for your input. I actually discovered this a few days ago and have been
   testing changes to fix the deprecated `create_function()` function and a few 
   performance issues. An updated version of WP247 Body Classes is available for
   testing. The new version contains the following changes:
    - Added Mobile-Detect version 2.8.33
    - Change deprecated function create_function
    - Improved performance for page/post categories body classes
    - Improved performance for page/post tags body classes
 * Please see [this article](http://wp247.net/wp247-body-classes-2-1-release-candidate-1/)
   for testing information.
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by [wescleveland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wescleveland/).
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by [wescleveland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wescleveland/).
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by [wescleveland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wescleveland/).

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## Tags

 * [deprecated](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/deprecated/)
 * [function](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/function/)
 * [PHP7](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php7/)

 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [wescleveland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wescleveland/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-issue-3/#post-11161153)
 * Status: not resolved