Title: Deprecated Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Deprecated * Resolved [TGC5308](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tgc5308/) * (@tgc5308) * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated/) * What does this mean, and how do I fix it? * Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\ wamp\www\wp-settings.php on line 601 Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated/#post-1278360) * Deprecated means that the relevant function or technique should no longer be used and may not be supported by PHP for much longer. * Thread Starter [TGC5308](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tgc5308/) * (@tgc5308) * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated/#post-1278456) * I deleted the settings but now nothing will work. I now have to fix line 365 in the Link Template. Should I delete that? * How should I change these settings? Delete them or change the values… * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated/#post-1278515) * Sorry but I’ve no idea what you did, what you’re working on and/or what you’re trying to achieve. * Thread Starter [TGC5308](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tgc5308/) * (@tgc5308) * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated/#post-1278561) * This is what I am getting: Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\wamp\www\wp-settings.php on line 601 * Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\ wamp\www\wp-settings.php on line 616 * Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\ wamp\www\wp-settings.php on line 623 * Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\ wamp\www\wp-settings.php on line 630 * Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\ wamp\www\wp-settings.php on line 666 * Deprecated: Function set_magic_quotes_runtime() is deprecated in C:\wamp\www\ wp-settings.php on line 18 * I removed these specified lines in the settings file. The site would not come up at all. I got a message saying, “Fatal error” and something about line 365 in another file. I didn’t want to delete line 365 and make matters worse so I put everything back in. Now, I can see my site but with the above warnings. * How can I disable these errors without disabling the entire site? * Thanks for getting back to me on this. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated/#post-1278583) * Leave wp-settings alone. It’s a core file and should not be edited unless you really, **really,** know what you’re doing. Plus there’s nothing wrong with that file. It’s working fine on thousands of other WP sites. * Have you tried: * – deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem? If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s). * – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-related problems? * [offspring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/offspring/) * (@offspring) * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated/#post-1278598) * You should probably configure your WAMP and set it not to show PHP warnings. I agree with esmi – don’t touch wp-settings.php. * Thread Starter [TGC5308](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tgc5308/) * (@tgc5308) * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated/#post-1278602) * Do I configure that through phpMyAdmin? * The warnings were there before the new theme went in so it’s not the theme. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated/#post-1278610) * No – it’s part of your server configuration. * [offspring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/offspring/) * (@offspring) * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated/#post-1278614) * If I remember correctly, you can right-click on WAMP icon in the notification area and choose PHP->Edit php.ini or something like this. Anyway, you need to find `php.ini` file and edit a line in it that contains something similar to ` error_reporting = E_ALL` you may want to change it to `error_reporting = E_ERROR` for example, this will show only critical errors. For other values see here – [http://www.php.net/manual/en/errorfunc.constants.php](http://www.php.net/manual/en/errorfunc.constants.php) * Thread Starter [TGC5308](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tgc5308/) * (@tgc5308) * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated/#post-1278629) * Thanks. For this site I decided to download the new theme to my existing online blog and work from there. For next time though I will keep these fixes in mind. Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘Deprecated’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 10 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [TGC5308](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tgc5308/) * Last activity: [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated/#post-1278629) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics