Title: Error message
Last modified: July 13, 2018

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# Error message

 *  [davidsless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidsless/)
 * (@davidsless)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-702/)
 * The following error message appeared:
    I am sending it fyi WP StatisticsSee Errors
   FILE: /home/davids30/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-statistics/includes/optimization/
   tabs/wps-optimization-resources.php —————————————————————————————————————————
   FOUND 0 ERRORS AND 1 WARNING AFFECTING 1 LINE —————————————————————————————————————————
   247 | WARNING | INI directive ‘safe_mode’ is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed
   since PHP 5.4. —————————————————————————————————————————
 * FILE: /home/davids30/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-statistics/includes/settings/
   tabs/wps-externals.php
    ———————————————————————————————————- FOUND 0 ERRORS AND
   1 WARNING AFFECTING 1 LINE ———————————————————————————————————- 218 | WARNING
   | INI directive ‘safe_mode’ is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed since PHP
   5.4. ———————————————————————————————————-
 * FILE: /home/davids30/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-statistics/includes/functions/
   functions.php
    ————————————————————————————————— FOUND 0 ERRORS AND 1 WARNING
   AFFECTING 1 LINE ————————————————————————————————— 1151 | WARNING | INI directive‘
   safe_mode’ is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed since PHP 5.4. —————————————————————————————————
 * FILE: /home/davids30/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-statistics/includes/vendor/
   symfony/debug/ErrorHandler.php
    —————————————————————————————————————- FOUND 
   1 ERROR AFFECTING 1 LINE —————————————————————————————————————- 143 | ERROR |
   Using a call-time pass-by-reference is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and prohibited
   since PHP 5.4 —————————————————————————————————————-

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 *  Thread Starter [davidsless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidsless/)
 * (@davidsless)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-702/#post-10496390)
 * Can you PLEASE advise on this:
 * FILE: /home/davids30/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-statistics/includes/vendor/
   symfony/debug/ErrorHandler.php
    —————————————————————————————————————- FOUND 
   1 ERROR AFFECTING 1 LINE —————————————————————————————————————- 143 | ERROR |
   Using a call-time pass-by-reference is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and prohibited
   since PHP 5.4 —————————————————————————————————————-

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