Title: Declaration standards error
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Declaration standards error

 *  [trixee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trixee/)
 * (@trixee)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/declaration-standards-error/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m getting this error upon activating the plugin:
 * Strict Standards: Declaration of Taxonomy_Drill_Down_Widget::init() should be
   compatible with scbWidget::init($class, $file = ”, $base = ”) in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\
   help\Dev\wp-content\plugins\query-multiple-taxonomies\widget.php on line 247
 * Any idea what might be causing this?
 * Thanks,
    Trish
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/query-multiple-taxonomies/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/query-multiple-taxonomies/)

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 *  [JamesKoussertari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jameskoussertari/)
 * (@jameskoussertari)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/declaration-standards-error/#post-5753974)
 * I’m no expert with OOP but after doing a bit of research on declaration standards
   errors and reading this [article](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3115388/declaration-of-methods-should-be-compatible-with-parent-methods-in-php/9243127#9243127)
   I managed to remove the error message. See solution below…
 * **Parent Class**
    ——————————————————- located: _plugins/query-multiple-taxonomies/
   scb/widget.php_
 * Change line 10 to…
    static function init( $class, $file, $base ) {
 * **Child class**
    ——————————————————- located: _plugins/query-multiple-taxonomies/
   widget.php_
 * Change line 11 to…
    static function init( $class, $file = “”, $base = “” ) {

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/declaration-standards-error/#post-5753974)
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