Title: Plugin provokes a PHP warning
Last modified: June 21, 2022

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# Plugin provokes a PHP warning

 *  Resolved [Mark Howells-Mead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markhowellsmead/)
 * (@markhowellsmead)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-provokes-a-php-warning/)
 * The plugin provokes the following PHP warning.
 * `( ! ) Notice: Function WP_Scripts::localize was called <strong>incorrectly</
   strong>. The <code>$l10n</code> parameter must be an array. To pass arbitrary
   data to scripts, use the <code>wp_add_inline_script()</code> function instead.
   Please see <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/"
   >Debugging in WordPress</a> for more information. (This message was added in 
   version 5.7.0.) in **WEBROOT**/wp-includes/functions.php on line 5831`

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 *  Plugin Support [Bruce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ninjateamwp/)
 * (@ninjateamwp)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-provokes-a-php-warning/#post-15757577)
 * Hi [@markhowellsmead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markhowellsmead/) ,
 * Thanks for writing to us today!
 * Could you please send a full screenshot showing where that error appears at?
 * Kind regards,
    -Bruce-
 *  Thread Starter [Mark Howells-Mead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markhowellsmead/)
 * (@markhowellsmead)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-provokes-a-php-warning/#post-15757845)
 * Sure, but it appears on every page in WordPress admin.
 *  Plugin Support [Bruce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ninjateamwp/)
 * (@ninjateamwp)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-provokes-a-php-warning/#post-15757864)
 * Hi [@markhowellsmead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markhowellsmead/) ,
 * OK, let me seek the opinion of our dev unit and feed you back as soon as possible.
 * Please anticipate!
 * Kind regards,
    -Bruce-
 *  [Rose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rosewp/)
 * (@rosewp)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-provokes-a-php-warning/#post-15758692)
 * Hi [@markhowellsmead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markhowellsmead/),
 * Thanks for your patience.
    Please try to deactivate FileBird and see does this
   error appear? Since it seems like not from our plugin.
 * Please let me know the result.
 * Cheers
    Rose
 *  Thread Starter [Mark Howells-Mead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markhowellsmead/)
 * (@markhowellsmead)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-provokes-a-php-warning/#post-15759431)
 * The error is no longer apparent when the plugin is deactivated. The message references`
   FileBird_Topbar::filebird_enqueue_media_action( )` which seems to indicate that
   the problem comes from your plugin.
 *  [Rose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rosewp/)
 * (@rosewp)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-provokes-a-php-warning/#post-15759605)
 * Hi [@markhowellsmead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markhowellsmead/),
 * Thanks for working with me on this topic.
    Since you are using a too old version
   which seems like 3.9. Please update the latest version 4.9.9
 * Please let me know if it works for you.
 * Cheers,
    Rose
 *  Thread Starter [Mark Howells-Mead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markhowellsmead/)
 * (@markhowellsmead)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-provokes-a-php-warning/#post-15759645)
 * That has solved the problem; many thanks! We were using version 3.8.1 which e
   purchased through Envato and never received a notification that a newer version
   was available. Is this usual?
 *  [Rose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rosewp/)
 * (@rosewp)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-provokes-a-php-warning/#post-15759690)
 * Hi [@markhowellsmead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markhowellsmead/),
 * If you want to auto-update FileBird, please activate the license by following
   this link [https://ninjateam.gitbook.io/filebird/how-to-auto-update](https://ninjateam.gitbook.io/filebird/how-to-auto-update)
 * Hope this helps.
 * Cheers,
    Rose

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