Title: Php7 warning
Last modified: March 14, 2017

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# Php7 warning

 *  Resolved [Daniel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gabu69/)
 * (@gabu69)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php7-warning-2/)
 * Hi, while checking for compatibility with PHP 7, found this:
 *     ```
       FILE: /var/www/site.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/wordpress-popular-posts.php
       -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       FOUND 0 ERRORS AND 24 WARNINGS AFFECTING 24 LINES
       -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         895 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__activate" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
         951 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__deactivate" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
         983 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__upgrade" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        1048 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__do_db_tables" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        1095 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__check_requirements" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        1404 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__flush_transients" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        1425 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__update_views" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        1783 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__get_popular_posts" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        1901 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__render_popular_post" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        1982 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__cache" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        2461 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__get_img" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        2523 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__image_resize" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        2555 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__get_image_file_paths" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        2666 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__get_attachment_id" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        2702 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__fetch_external_image" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        2993 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__format_content" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        3114 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__get_image_sizes" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        3186 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__is_numeric" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        3196 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__curdate" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        3206 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__now" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        3216 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__microtime_float" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        3234 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__merge_array_r" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        3257 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__is_bot" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        3281 | WARNING | Method name "WordpressPopularPosts::__debug" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
       -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       ```
   

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 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php7-warning-2/#post-8911644)
 * Hi there!
 * This has been fixed in WPP 4.0 (currently unreleased and under development.)
 *  [Ted Slater](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tedslater/)
 * (@tedslater)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php7-warning-2/#post-8923539)
 * Thanks, gabu69 — I had the same question.

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 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Ted Slater](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tedslater/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php7-warning-2/#post-8923539)
 * Status: resolved