Title: patch for WordPress 4.3 deprecated PHP 4-style constructor
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# patch for WordPress 4.3 deprecated PHP 4-style constructor

 *  [coffee4life](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coffee4life/)
 * (@coffee4life)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/patch-for-wordpress-43-deprecated-php-4-style-constructor/)
 *     ```
       Index: contact-form-7-widget.php
       ===================================================================
       --- contact-form-7-widget.php
       +++ contact-form-7-widget.php
       @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
   
        class WP_Widget_Custom_CF7 extends WP_Widget {
   
       -	function WP_Widget_Custom_CF7() {
       +	function __construct() {
        		$widget_ops = array( 'description' => __( "Display any form from Contact Forms 7") );
       -		$this->WP_Widget('custom_cf7', __('Contact Form 7'), $widget_ops);
       +		parent::__construct('custom_cf7', __('Contact Form 7'), $widget_ops);
        	}
   
        	function widget( $args, $instance ) {
       ```
   
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-contact-form-7/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-contact-form-7/)

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 *  [calder12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/calder12/)
 * (@calder12)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/patch-for-wordpress-43-deprecated-php-4-style-constructor/#post-6485081)
 * 5 months, this is still an issue. Any plans on fixing this or should I just patch
   it myself.

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 * Last reply from: [calder12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/calder12/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/patch-for-wordpress-43-deprecated-php-4-style-constructor/#post-6485081)
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