Title: (split) function deprecated in PHP 5.3.13
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# (split) function deprecated in PHP 5.3.13

 *  [Jon Fergus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jon-fergus/)
 * (@jon-fergus)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/split-function-deprecated-in-php-5313/)
 * ACE uses the php [split](http://php.net/manual/en/function.split.php) function
   on line 367:
 * `$cats = split(',',get_option("ace_categories_norobots"));`
 * but this function is deprecated in PHP 5.3.13. Hoping this will be fixed in an
   upcoming update, but for now I’ve temporarily replaced ‘split’ with ‘preg_split’,
   which seems to have done the trick:
 * `$cats = preg_split(',',get_option("ace_categories_norobots"));`
 * I’m very new to php, so am wondering if this “fix” will mess anything else up,
   and/or if there’s a better solution.
 * Thanks in advance.
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 * [deprecated](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/deprecated/)
 * [function](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/function/)
 * [split](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/split/)

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 * Last reply from: [Jon Fergus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jon-fergus/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/split-function-deprecated-in-php-5313/)
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