Title: WP_DEBUG PHP Notice
Last modified: January 4, 2021

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# WP_DEBUG PHP Notice

 *  Resolved [a223123131](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a223123131/)
 * (@a223123131)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_debug-php-notice/)
 * I get many lines of this in the wp debug log
 * PHP Notice: Undefined variable: l_str_HardLinkAddress in /wordpress/wp-content/
   plugins/footnotes/class/task.php on line 1380

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 *  Plugin Contributor [pewgeuges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pewgeuges/)
 * (@pewgeuges)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_debug-php-notice/#post-13862500)
 * [@a223123131](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a223123131/)
 * Thank you, this is fixed. Turns out I forgot to disable hard links in the end,
   so I didn’t see it. The already tested v2.4.0 will be rolled out right now, ahead
   of schedule, because it contains an important short code validation feature, 
   and now fixes this variable bug.
 *  Plugin Contributor [pewgeuges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pewgeuges/)
 * (@pewgeuges)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_debug-php-notice/#post-13864661)
 * [@a223123131](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a223123131/)
 * Thank you again very much for reporting this bug. Fixing it allowed simultaneously
   to already release the footnote start and end tag short code validation feature,
   scheduled for 2.3.0 but postponed with respect to the overdue status of the AMP
   compatibility fix (consisting in adding hard links with scroll offset based on
   the configuration already available for jQuery soft scroll offset), needing to
   be released before the end of the year 2020.
 * The lack of a footnote short code syntax check caused serious issues. Errors 
   occur easily when very long content is edited under tough deadlines, as it happens
   in scientific publishing. An additional challenge is brought in by the lack of
   an easy and straightforward conversion utility generating WordPress conformant
   content out of documents created in word processors, especially in the .docx 
   format. Ideally Footnotes would include that feature as a complementary service.
   Sadly the project is still far from shipping the complete solution.
 * Hence checking at least for balanced short codes is the bare minimum. Delaying
   the release of this feature was done in an attempt to space releases more out
   than in the last two months. The need of the bugfix that you pointed out solved
   the dilemma. Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [a223123131](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a223123131/)
 * (@a223123131)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_debug-php-notice/#post-13877282)
 * Happy that I could help 🙂

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_debug-php-notice/#post-13877282)
 * Status: resolved