Title: Deprecated constructor method
Last modified: February 28, 2017

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# Deprecated constructor method

 *  Resolved [reneverschoor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reneverschoor/)
 * (@reneverschoor)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-constructor-method-4/)
 * Simple Facebook Plugin 1.4.1 on WordPress 4.7.2
 * I’ve enabled WP_DEBUG while I’m testing my own plugin in production environment.
   
   The debug.log is spammed with:
 *     ```
       [28-Feb-2017 18:14:21 UTC] PHP Notice:  De aangeroepen constructiemethode voor WP_Widget in SFPLikeBoxWidget is <strong>niet meer in gebruik</strong> sinds versie 4.3.0. Gebruik in plaats daarvan: <pre>__construct()</pre>. in /home/reneverschoor/wereldasielen.nl/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3891
       [28-Feb-2017 18:14:21 UTC] PHP Notice:  De aangeroepen constructiemethode voor WP_Widget in SFPPagePluginWidget is <strong>niet meer in gebruik</strong> sinds versie 4.3.0. Gebruik in plaats daarvan: <pre>__construct()</pre>. in /home/reneverschoor/wereldasielen.nl/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3891
       ```
   
 * This is the Dutch message for a deprecated constructor call (see functions.php).

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 *  Thread Starter [reneverschoor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reneverschoor/)
 * (@reneverschoor)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-constructor-method-4/#post-8859941)
 * Here’s the English message:
 *     ```
       [01-Mar-2017 05:39:06 UTC] PHP Notice:  The called constructor method for WP_Widget in SFPLikeBoxWidget is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 4.3.0! Use <pre>__construct()</pre> instead. in /var/www/html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3891
       [01-Mar-2017 05:39:06 UTC] PHP Notice:  The called constructor method for WP_Widget in SFPPagePluginWidget is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 4.3.0! Use <pre>__construct()</pre> instead. in /var/www/html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3891
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [reneverschoor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reneverschoor/)
 * (@reneverschoor)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-constructor-method-4/#post-8859974)
 * Solved it myself.
 * Edit simple-facebook-plugin/lib/sfp-like-box.php.
    Change line 25 from `parent::
   WP_Widget(...` to `parent::__construct(...`
 * Edit simple-facebook-plugin/lib/sfp-page-plugin.php.
    Change line 26 from `parent::
   WP_Widget(...` to `parent::__construct(...`
 *  Plugin Author [topdevs.net](https://wordpress.org/support/users/topdevs/)
 * (@topdevs)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-constructor-method-4/#post-8968485)
 * Thanks for the input reneverschoor! This is fixed in v1.5

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-constructor-method-4/#post-8968485)
 * Status: resolved