Title: PHP Deprecated when running cron
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# PHP Deprecated when running cron

 *  [dlx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deeluuxe/)
 * (@deeluuxe)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-deprecated-when-running-cron/)
 * Hello!
 * When running the cron I get a lot of errors in the log of my server.
    Any ideas
   how to stop this?
 * WordPress 3.5.1 / PHP 5.3.27
 *     ```
       [Wed Sep 18 14:36:26 2013] [error] [client 212.53.136.0] PHP Deprecated:  Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/www/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/inc/simplepie/simplepie.class.php on line 716
       [Wed Sep 18 14:36:26 2013] [error] [client 212.53.136.0] PHP Deprecated:  Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/www/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/inc/simplepie/simplepie.class.php on line 1083
       [Wed Sep 18 14:36:26 2013] [error] [client 212.53.136.0] PHP Deprecated:  Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/www/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/inc/simplepie/simplepie.class.php on line 1591
       <em>
       ```
   
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## Tags

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

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 * Last reply from: [dlx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deeluuxe/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-deprecated-when-running-cron/)
 * Status: not resolved