Title: Error Message
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Error Message

 *  [raws4581](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raws4581/)
 * (@raws4581)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-509/)
 * Hello All,
 * Good morning. After upgrading to the latest wp version I am getting this error
   on my news/blog page
 * Notice: start_wp is deprecated since version 1.5! Use new WordPress Loop instead.
   in /home/ocdc.com/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3573
 * I am using the following code there the above message is showing up
    _ [Moderator
   note: code fixed. Please wrap code in the backtick character or [use the code button](https://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code).]
 *     ```
       <?php
                       $posts = get_posts('numberposts=3&order=DESC&orderby=post_date&category_name=news' );
                       foreach ( $posts as $post ) : start_wp();
   
                         echo "<div class='news_item'>";
   
                             toolbox_posted_on();
   
                                 if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
                                 the_post_thumbnail();
                                 }
                        ?>
                            <div class="date"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <?php the_time('M'); ?> <?php the_time('d'); ?> <?php the_time('Y'); ?></div>
                            <h4>
                              <a>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
                                <?php the_title() ; ?>
                              </a>
                            </h4>
                            <?php //$content = get_the_content(); echo wp_trim_words( $content , '30' ); ?>
                            <?php  the_excerpt() ;?>
   
       			     <?php
       				 echo "</div>";
       				 endforeach;
       				 ?>
       ```
   

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 *  [Geoffrey Shilling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geoffreyshilling/)
 * (@geoffreyshilling)
 * Volunteer Moderator
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-509/#post-7146183)
 * It looks like your site is running PHP version 5.2.13; WordPress recommends 5.6
   or greater.
 * > Note: If you are in a legacy environment where you only have older PHP or MySQL
   > versions, WordPress also works with PHP 5.2.4+ and MySQL 5.0+, but these versions
   > have reached official End Of Life and as such may expose your site to security
   > vulnerabilities.
 * I recommend asking your host if you can get your PHP updated and then see if 
   you are still receiving that message.
 *  [girlieworks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/girlieworks/)
 * (@girlieworks)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-509/#post-7146202)
 * [@raws4581](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raws4581/), the notice is pretty
   clear in this case: it’s telling you that the `start_wp()` function which you’re
   using in your code was deprecated (retired) many WordPress versions ago, and 
   that you really should be using [the Loop](http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop)
   instead.
 * (Also, you typically won’t even see developmental notices like this when `WP_DEBUG`
   is set to `FALSE` in your `wp-config.php` file, unless your server’s PHP configuration
   setting for error reporting is overriding that value.)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [girlieworks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/girlieworks/)
 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-509/#post-7146202)
 * Status: not resolved

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