Title: PHP error
Last modified: January 21, 2023

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# PHP error

 *  [Mr Tibbs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtibesar/)
 * (@mtibesar)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-566/)
 * Hello from Arizona,
 * My php error log is full of the following goodbye-captcha errors:
 * [Fri Jan 20 17:13:57.385430 2023] [fcgid:warn] [pid 18106:tid 139742695872256][
   host [http://www.tibesar.family]](http://www.tibesar.family]) [client 2604:4f00:
   10:dcc3:0:56:515:1:39486] PHP Warning: The magic method MchGdbcBasePublicPlugin::
   __wakeup() must have public visibility in /var/www/html/ti/tibesar.family/wp-
   content/plugins/goodbye-captcha/includes/plugin/MchGdbcBasePublicPlugin.php on
   line 44, referer: [https://www.tibesar.family/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron=1674263637.0452990531921386718750](https://www.tibesar.family/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron=1674263637.0452990531921386718750)
 * How may I fix this please?
 * Thank you for the great plugin!
 * Marcus
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fphp-error-566%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [HKP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hiskingdomprophecy/)
 * (@hiskingdomprophecy)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-566/#post-16414176)
 * [@mtibesar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtibesar/)
   I suspect you are 
   now running PHP 8.0+ and that is causing the error.Mine works on PHP 7.4.8, but
   it throws out the same error message on PHP 8.0.9, all else being equal.If you
   have recently moved to PHP 8.0, looks like you’ll need to move back to PHP 7.4
   to get this plugin to stop showing that error message.Thanks my experience.Regards!
 *  Thread Starter [Mr Tibbs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtibesar/)
 * (@mtibesar)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-566/#post-16417204)
 * [@hiskingdomprophecy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hiskingdomprophecy/).
   Thank you very much! Yes, I was running PHP 8.
 *  [HKP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hiskingdomprophecy/)
 * (@hiskingdomprophecy)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-566/#post-16421106)
 * [@mtibesar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtibesar/)
   You can always turn
   WP-DEBUG off, and then the messages will stop.
 * On my test site, I use PHP 8 and Debug is off, and WPBrusier works fine, and 
   the site works fine and I have no issues.
   Then you can get the advantages of 
   PHP 8.From what I have been taught, “WP-DEBUG off” is the recommended normal 
   operating condition for all sites, unless an error is suspected or odd behaviour
   is manifesting. Then it is turned ON for testing purposes only. Now you know 
   you have an issue with WPBrusier and PHP 8, and if it is not impacting admin 
   or the site users… then perhaps it is best to just ignore it for the time being.
   Regards!
 *  [eva55](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eva55/)
 * (@eva55)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-566/#post-16499568)
 * You can solve the problem as follows:
   Goto ../wp-content/plugins/goodbye-captcha/
   includes/plugin and modify the file **MchGdbcBasePublicPlugin.php** in line 44
   by changing **private function __wakeup()** into **public function __wakeup()**.
   That’s it!However, since the developer has not updated the plugin for more than
   2 years, I assume that he has retired.

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 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [eva55](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eva55/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-566/#post-16499568)
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